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
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Pantropical.
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)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |