Species not studied on the current work. Body brown, pronotal anteromarginal and anteroangular setae minute, and campaniform sensilla on metanotum absent.
Male not studied.
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 konoi belongs to the informal minuta group, which members have very short interocellar and pronotal anteromarginal and anteroangular setae. This species is characteristic by the equiangular reticulation on metanotum and the absence of the paired metanotal campaniform sensilla. A key to Frankliniella species recorded from Brazil is provided by Cavalleri & Mound (2012).
