Frankliniella australis

Nomenclatural details

Frankliniella australis Morgan, 1925: 139.

Frankliniella cestrum Moulton, 1926: 9. Synonymised by Nakahara, 1997: 359.

Frankliniella argentinae Moulton, 1935: 255. Synonymised by Nakahara, 1997: 359.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Chile (F. australis, F. cestrum) and Argentina (F. argentinae).

References

Moulton (1935) Two new species of Thysanoptera in Argentina and records of other species. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 120: pp. 254-261.

Moulton (1926) A new species of Frankliniella from Chile. Revista Chilena Historia naturales 30: 9-10

Morgan AC (1925) Six new species of Frankliniella and a key to the American species. Canadian Entomologist 57: 138–147.

Nakahara S (1997) Annotated list of the Frankliniella species of the world (Yhysanoptera: Thripidae). Contributions on Entomology, International 2 (4): 355-389.

Type information

Paratype (F. australis), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Paratype (F. cestrum), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.