Species not studied on the current work. Body large and dark brown, with fore wings brown but paler on basal third. Compound eyes extending posteriorly in dorsal view, and presenting anterolaterally five or six enlarged ommatidia.
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 longipennis is similar to Frankliniella fulvipennis in structure, but is differentiated by the paler fore wing on basal third, enlarged ommatidia on compound eyes being about 3 times longer than regular facets, and pronotal posteromarginal setae pair II similar in length to posteromarginal pair I. A key to Frankliniella species recorded from Brazil is provided by Cavalleri & Mound (2012).
