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Revision as of 08:28, 17 October 2012
Nomenclatural details
Mitothrips megalops Trybom, 1912: 147.
Franklinothrips myrmicaeformis Zanon, 1924: 91. Synonymised by zur Strassen, 2003: 98.
Spathiothrips bischoffi Richter, 1928: 33.
Franklinothrips aureus Moulton, 1936: 496.
Biology and Distribution
Widespread in southern and eastern Africa, associated with trees.
References
Trybom F (1912) Mitothrips, eine neue Physapoden-Gattung aus Britischen Ostafrika. Entomologische Zeitschrift 33: 145–159.
Zanon (1924) Atti Pontificia Accadenia Scientia nuovi Lincei 77: 91.
Richter, W. (1928) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Aeolothripiden (Thysanoptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1928, 29–37.
Moulton D (1936) Thysanoptera from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)17: 493–509.
Mound LA & Reynaud P (2005) Franklinothrips; a pantropical Thysanoptera genus of ant-mimicking obligate predators (Aeolothripidae). Zootaxa 864: 1–16.
Type information
Syntypes male and female in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm; holotype male of aureus in California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco; type depositary of bischoffi not known;
