Franklinothrips atlas

Nomenclatural details

Franklinothrips atlas Hood, 1957: 172.

Biology and Distribution

Described from Bukama, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Instution, Washington DC.