Frankliniella varipes, Moulton, 1933

Cavalleri, Adriano & Mound, Laurence A., 2012, Toward the identification of Frankliniella species in Brazil (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 3270, pp. 1-30 : 14

* varipes Moulton, 1933

( Figs 20 , 41 , 108 , 115 , 145 )

* longispinosa Moulton, 1933: 116 syn. n.

Described originally from Espírito Santo, this dark brown species is widespread in Brazil, particularly in southern areas. The pronotal aa and am setae are longer than half the pronotum length. The hind tibiae are always bicoloured, but the mid-tibiae are variable, usually extensively yellow or shaded brown medially. The species synonymised here was described by Moulton based in two females that were also collected in Espírito Santo. The holotype of longispinosa has been studied, and the rather paler body colour is considered to be due to the individual being teneral and not having achieved the fully mature dark body colour. Small females of varipes have antennal segment III scarcely 2.2 times as long as wide, whereas larger females, and all available females of annulipes , have this segment 2.5 times as long as wide.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 21. Females of Frankliniella spp. (13) F. occidentalis (dark form); (14) F. occidentalis (bicoloured form); (15) F. parvula; (16) F. schultzei (yellow form); (17) F. schultzei (dark form); (18) F. serrata; (19) F. trinidadensis; (20) F. v a r i p e s; (21) F. williamsi.

FIGURES 31 – 42. Head and pronotum of Frankliniella spp. (31) F. graminis sp. n.; (32) F. g e m i n a; (33) F. hemerocallis; (34) F. insularis; (35) F. nakaharai; (36) F. occidentalis; (37) F. peruviana; (38) F. p l a t e n s i s; (39) F. serrata; (40) F. s i m p l e x; (41) F. varipes; (42) F. williamsi.

FIGURES 99 – 109. Abdominal tergites of Frankliniella spp. (99) F. musaeperda; (100) F. n ak a ha r ai; (101) F. occidentalis; (102) F. oxyura; (103) F. peruviana; (104) F. schultzei; (105) F. p l a t e n s i s; (106) F. serrata; (107) F. s i m p l e x; (108) F. v a r i p e s; (109) F. graminis sp. n. (lateral view of tergites IV – V).

FIGURES 110 – 115. Legs of Frankliniella spp. mid leg 110 – 111: (110) F. annulipes; (111) F. fulvipes; hind leg 112 – 115: (112) F. annulipes; (113) F. fulvipes; (114) F. insularis; (115) F. v a r i p e s.

FIGURES 133 – 154. Antenna of Frankliniella spp. (133) F. insularis; (134) F. m i n u t a; (135) F. musaeperda; (136) F. nakaharai; (137) F. occidentalis; (138) F. parvula; (139) F. peruviana; (140) F. p l a t e n s i s; (141) F. schultzei; (142) F. serrata; (143) F. simplex; (144) F. trinidadensis; (145) F. v a r i pe s; (146) F. williamsi; (147) F. zucchini; antennal segment III (arrow indicate pedicel) 148 – 154: (148) F. brevicaulis (arrow indicates the cup-shaped pedicel); (149) F. c a s e a r i a e; (150) F. condei; (151) F. gardeniae; (152) F. musaeperda; (153) F. parvula (arrow indicates the elongated pedicel); (154) F. tritici.