Franklinothrips basseti Mound & Marullo, 1998: 944

The two females from which this species is known were taken from rainforest trees near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [ANIC]. In body form it is one of the less well­developed ant­mimics in this genus, with uniformly dusky forewings (Fig. 21), and the abdomen brown and scarcely constricted at the base (Fig. 4).

FIGURES 21–32. Franklinothrips species: 21­28 forewing; (21) F. basseti; (22) F. brunneicornis; (23) F. strasseni; (24) F. o r i z a b e n s i s; (25) F. vespiformis; (26) F. variegatus; (27) F. m e g a l o p s; (28) F. suzukii; (29) F. brunneicornis, male antennal segments I–III; (30) F. brunneicornis, female antennal segments I–III; (31) F. strasseni, female antenna; (32) F. brunneicornis, male tergite I.