Species Franklinothrips variegatus Girault, 1927

Museums

Regional Maps

• Franklinothrips variegatus Girault, A.A. 1927. New Australian animals so far overlooked by outsiders. Brisbane : Published privately 2 pp. [1].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♀, Jandowae, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

Ecological Descriptors

Predator.

 

General References

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)