Frankliniella kelliae Sakimura, 1981

Skarlinsky, Thomas & Funderburk, Joe, 2016, A key to some Frankliniella (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) larvae found in Florida with descriptions of the first instar of select species, Florida Entomologist 99 (3), pp. 463-470 : 469

Frankliniella kelliae Sakimura ( Figs. 1A–1B , 3D )

DESCRIPTION, LARVA II

Head with the D1, D2, and D4 setae apically broadly pointed, D3 apically pointed; D1 setae 10–13 µm long, D2 setae 15–18 µm long, D3 setae 17–20 µm long, and D4 setae 22–25 µm long. Pronotal setae apically blunt. Meso- and metanotal setae with a combination of apically truncate to broadly pointed setae. The abdominal tergal setae are apically blunt and appear as if the tips were trimmed by scissors. Abdominal tergites I–VII plaques with rounded microtrichia. Tergite VIII plaques with a combination of broadly pointed to rounded microtrichia. Tergite IX with a darkened band in which the anterior margin extends anteriorly about the diameter of a D1 setal socket. The posteromarginal teeth tergite IX are longer than the basal width of the D1 setae; approximately 15–18 teeth are present between the D2 setae. The ventral posteromarginal teeth are minute about a 1/3 the size of the dorsal teeth. Tergite X with a transverse dark band that extends to the campaniform sensilla of the tergite.

DESCRIPTION, LARVA I

Head with the D1, D2, and D4 setae apically blunt; D3 pointed. Pro-, meso-, and metanotal setae apically blunt. Meso- and metanotal plaques with some reduced microtrichia on the anterior rows. The plaques are crescent shaped giving the integument a sculptured or wrinkled appearance ( Fig. 1A ). Plaques, abdominal tergites I–V, similar in appearance as the thoracic plaques with reduced microtrichia on the anterior and lateral margins of the tergites. Tergal plaques abdominal segments VI–VIII with microtrichia. Approximately 12 thin posteromarginal sclerotized teeth present between the D2 setae of tergite IX. Usually 1–5 small sclerotized teeth lie within the dark band between the D1 setae of the tergite ( Fig 1B ). Terga IX and X with dark bands similar to the larva II.

Figures

Fig. 1. Larva I of F. kelliae: dorsal setae pairs, D1–D6 of pronotum and D1–D5 of mesonotum (A); arrow indicates small sclerotized teeth between D1 setae of abdominal tergite IX (B); scale = 25 µm.

Fig. 3. Abdominal tergites VIII and IX of larvae II: dorsal setae, D1, D2 of tergites VIII and IX F. bispinosa (A); F.cephalica (B); F.insularis (C); F. kelliae (D); F.occidentalis (E); F. schultzei (F); F. fusca (G); scale = 25 µm.