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Genus Franklinothrips Back, 1912

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Genus Franklinothrips Back, 1912

  • Franklinothrips Back, E.A. 1912. Notes on Florida Thysanoptera, with description of a new genus. Entomological News 23: 73-77 [Date published 31/12/1912] [75].
    Type species:
     Aeolothrips vespiformis Crawford, 1909 by monotypy.
  • Mitothrips Trybom, F. 1912. Physapoden aus Natal und dem Zululand. Arkiv för Zoologi 7: 1-52 [Date published 31/12/1912] [146].
    Type species:
     Mitothrips megalops Trybom, 1912 by original designation.
  • Spathiothrips Richter, W. 1928. 1. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Aeolothripiden (Thysanoptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1928: 29-37 [32].
    Type species:
     Spathiothrips bischoffi Richter, 1928 by original designation (= Franklinothrips megalops Trybom, 1912).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Mound, L.A. & Reynaud, P. 2005. Franklinothrips; a pantropical Thysanoptera genus of ant-mimicking obligate predatores (Aeolothripidae). Zootaxa 864: 1-16 [4]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Pantropical.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal

Distribution References

  • Mound, L.A. & Marullo. R. 1996. The Thrips of Central and South America. Memoirs on Entomology, International 6: 1-487 [Date published 31/12/1996] (key to New World species)

General References

Mound, L.A. & Reynaud, P. 2005. Franklinothrips; a pantropical Thysanoptera genus of ant-mimicking obligate predatores (Aeolothripidae). Zootaxa 864: 1-16 (revision, discussion of ant mimicry and key to world species)