A Preliminary Review of the Flower Thrips Frankliniella Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with Taxonomic Updates and Description of Five New Species

Abstract

Frankliniella (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), comprising more than 230 species, is the second most species-rich genus in the family (ThripsWiki 2022). Most species are Neotropical and to a much lesser extent found in the Nearctic and Palearctic regions of the world (Mound and Nakahara 1994). Some species (e.g., Frankliniella occiden talis Pergande and Frankliniella schultzei Trybom) are agricultural pests (Kirk and Terry 2003, Kakkar et al. 2012), and have spread far from their native ranges because of international trade (Kirk and Terry 2003, Morse and Hoddle 2006, Wang et al. 2019). Other species broadly distributed but not reported as serious economic pests include Frankliniella intonsa (Trybom), Frankliniella williamsi (Hood), Frankliniella invasor (Sakimura), Frankliniella cephalica (D. L. Crawford), Frankliniella insularis (Franklin) and Frankliniella hemerocallis J. C. Crawford (Nakahara 1997).The genus Frankliniella as defined by Sakimura and O' Neill (1979) has seven to eight antennal segments (usually eight)

“Strawberry fields forever”: flower-inhabiting thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) communities and their spatial interactions in strawberry agroecosystems in Québec, Canada, with first mention of pest Frankliniella intonsa (Trybom)

“…The third main species in the field margins, F. intonsa, was previously reported from British Columbia, Canada on Prunella vulgaris (Lamiaceae) (Chiasson 1986). It has been found in Washington State, United States of America, from various flowers, weeds, and other plants since 1972 (Nakahara and Foottit 2007). Presumably from Asia, it spread to where it occurs on (Brassicaceae), Trifolium, Ranunculus Numerous other, less abundant thrips were found in the field margins.…”

Frankliniella minuta (Moulton) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae): an American species newly recorded in Asia, with a key to Frankliniella species from Malaysia

“…The Thysanoptera genus Frankliniella Karny currently comprises approximately 240 species (Pal et al, 2023;Skarlinsky & Rugman-Jones, 2023). These species are almost entirely native to the American continent, with only six species native to the Old World (Wang et al, 2019).…”