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Issue: Vol. 4231 No. 1: 9 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.1.12
Page range: 145–150
Abstract views: 108
PDF downloaded: 53

A new species of Frankliniella with 7-segmented antennae from Mexico (Thysanoptera, Thripinae)

Earth and Life Institute Biodiversity Research Centre UCL, L7.07.04, Croix du Sud, 4-5b-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium.
Earth and Life Institute Biodiversity Research Centre UCL, L7.07.04, Croix du Sud, 4-5b-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium.
Thysanoptera Thrips Frankliniella Salvia leucantha Central America

Abstract

Frankliniella veracrucensis sp. n. is described from flowers of Salvia leucantha [Lamiaceae] in Veracruz, Mexico. This is the fourth Frankliniella species known with seven antennal segments, and a key to the Frankliniella species with antennae 7-segmented is provided.

 

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