''Frankliniella'' is a genus of
thrips
Thrips ( order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are ...
belonging to the family
Thripidae
The Thripidae are the most speciose family of thrips, with over 290 genera representing just over two thousand species. They can be distinguished from other thrips by a saw-like ovipositor curving downwards, narrow wings with two veins, and anten ...
.
The genus was
first described by Karny in 1910.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
''Frankliniella'' species can be quite variable in appearance, making identification challenging.
[''Frankliniella fusca''.]
Thrips of California 2012. CBIT Publishing, Queensland.
There are about 230 species in the genus.
[ Species include:
* '']Frankliniella intonsa
''Frankliniella'' is a genus of thrips belonging to the family Thripidae.
The genus was first described by Karny in 1910.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. ''Frankliniella'' species can be quite variable in appearance, making identifica ...
'' (Trybom, 1895)Frankliniella tritici
''Frankliniella'' is a genus of thrips belonging to the family Thripidae.
The genus was first described by Karny in 1910.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. ''Frankliniella'' species can be quite variable in appearance, making identific ...
''
* '' Frankliniella williamsi'' Hood, 1915
References
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Thripidae
Thrips genera