Frankliniella fusca Hinds

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 fusca Hinds ( Fig. 3G )

DESCRIPTION, LARVA II

The primary character that separates this species from the others treated in this key is the longitudinally broad dark band of tergite IX. For a complete description, see Nakahara & Vierbergen (1998).

Figures

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.