Species not studied on the current work. Body yellow, with antennal segment VI pedicellate. The anteromarginal and anteroangular setae on pronotum are short, and the inner pair of posteroangular setae is shorter than the outer pair.
Male unknown.
Intraspecific variation
Not recorded.
Genus and similar species information
Frankliniella is one of the largest genera amongst Thysanoptera, comprising more than 160 described species. About 90% of the species are from the Neotropics and their taxonomy is usually complex. Almost all members have 8-segmented antennae, three pairs of ocellar setae and fore wing with both rows of setae complete. About 40 species are recorded from Brazil, and almost half of these were described from this country. Frankliniella desantisi belongs to the informal minuta group, being identified by the characteristic pedicel on antennal segment VI and the unusual pronotal chaetotaxy. A key to Frankliniella species recorded from Brazil is provided by Cavalleri & Mound (2012).
