First Record Of Franklinothrips Vespiformis (Crawford, 1909) (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripi- Dae) From Mainland China Author Mirab-balou, M. Author Tong, X. L. text Far Eastern Entomologist 2012 2012-12-31 249 5 7 journal article 275770 10.5281/zenodo.10083429 990fff02-a3ca-4735-8fb8-52a5e98fc75a 1026-051X 10083429 Franklinothrips vespiformis ( Crawford, 1909 ) Figs 1–6 Aeolothrips vespiformis Crawford 1909: 109 . MATERIAL EXAMINED. China : The experimental farm ( 23°10'04"N , 113°21'46"E ) at South China Agricultural University, 4♀ , Guangzhou, Guangdong Province , from eggplant, Solanum melongena L. ( Solanaceae ), 28.XI 2004 , Coll. Wang Jun. Figs. 1-6. Franklinothrips vespiformis . 1 – abdominal tergites I–V; 2 – abdominal tergites VIII–X; 3 – head; 4 – antennal segments III & IV; 5 – abdominal sternite VII; 6 – forewing. DIAGNOSIS. Macropterous female: body dark brown; abdominal segments II–III and X yellow ( Figs. 1, 2 ); antennal segments I–III yellow ( Fig. 4 ), the rest brown; legs brown except femora with yellow marking; forewing with small subapical pale area, although this is sometimes indistinct ( Fig. 6 ). Head broader, completely recessed into pronotum, prolonged in front of eyes ( Fig. 3 ); eyes large, extending far under onto ventral side of head, coarsely facetted, not pilose. Ocelli present, large, posterior ocelli bigger than fore ocellus; with 4–6 pairs of postocular setae. Antennae 9-segmented; segment III longest, with sensorium on IV extending full length of segment. Maxillary palpi 3-segmented. Pronotum longer and broader than head, smooth; mesonotum smooth anterior of median setae, with striation behind median setae, median pair of setae situated in middle of sclrite; mesosternum entirely divided by furcal spinula; metanotal median setae situated near anterior margin. Forewing broad ( Fig. 6 ); anterior and posterior vein setae well-developed, cilia straight; clavus with 6 marginal setae; hind wing posterior margin darker than anterior. Abdomen narrowly attached to thorax; tergites with median setae small and wide apart; tergal median setae situated anterior to campaniform sensilla; tergite IX with two pairs of long setae situated on posterior margin; tergite X with two pairs of long setae posterior to campaniform sensilla. Abdominal sternites III–VII with two pairs of marginal setae and two pairs of discal setae laterally; sternite VII with two pairs of small discal setae sub-medially ( Fig. 5 ). Ovipositor well-developed. DISTRIBUTION. China ( Guangdong Province , Taiwan) ; Central America, USA , Puerto Rico , Bermuda , Cuba , Jamaica , Dominican Republic , Trinidad , Mexico , Nicaragua , Honduras , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Surinam , Venezuela , El Salvador , Brazil , Fiji , Japan , Thailand , New Caledonia , Australia ( Queensland ). NOTES. This species was identified based on the original description and characters stated in Mound and Reynaud (2005) .