The identification of the flower thrips, Frankliniella Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) intercepted at U. S. ports of entry Author Skarlinsky Ii, Thomas L. APHIS, PPQ, Miami Plant Inspection Station, 6302 NW 36 th Street, Miami, Florida, USA text Insecta Mundi 2024 2024-04-05 2024 39 1 64 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.11450706 1942-1354 11450706 403B362E-9A7F-4385-A0F1-9DB87FE09AD2 Frankliniella pelucensis Skarlinsky and Rugman-Jones ( Fig. 46 ) Diagnosis. This species is readily separated from most dark body congeners because of its pale antennal segment II. The only other dark body congener known to the author with a pale antennal segment II is Frankliniella regalis* Hood. Distinguishing features. Color . Body dark, forewings dark, basally pale, femora dark, foretibiae lightly shaded, mid and hind tibiae dark, paler at the tibia/femur junction ( Fig. 46A ). Pigmented ventral eye facets with the 1-2-2 pattern. Structure. Head with the PO1 setae, OC3 setae in position 2B ( Fig. 46B ). Pronotum with 2–4 mAM setae ( Fig. 46B ). Upper surface of the hind coxae with microtrichia. Abdominal tergite VIII posteromarginal comb complete, microtrichia 11–15 µm ( Fig. 46C ). Interception frequency. Rare. Region(s) of interceptions. Central America and the Caribbean. Comments. Intercepted from blackberries. Figure 46. A–C) Frankliniella pelucensis , holotype, USNM 01207643. A) Body. B) Head and pronotum. C) Abdominal ter- gite VIII posteromarginal comb.