Franklinothrips atlas

Nomenclatural details

Franklinothrips atlas Hood, 1957: 172.

Biology and Distribution

Described from southeastern Queensland, but probably widespread across Australia, in shrub and tree canopies.

References

Hood JD (1957) Two new Thysanoptera from the Belgian Congo. Proceedings of the entomological Society of London B 26: 172–174.

Mound LA & Reynaud P (2009) Franklinothrips; a pantropical Thysanoptera genus of ant-mimicking obligate predators (Aeolothripidae). Zootaxa 864: 1-16.

Type information

Holotype female, in US National Museum of Natural History, Washington.