Body brown, tarsi and tibiae yellow; antennal segments I & II brown, III somewhat shaded, IV–VIII light brown; fore wings strongly shaded. Head with three pairs of ocellar setae, pair III long, arising within ocellar triangle. Antennae 8-segmented, III & IV with forked sense cones; III with pedicel swollen apically but not ring-like. Pronotum not sculptured, with two pairs of long posteroangular setae; anteroangular and anteromarginal setae long, but less than 0.5 pronotum length. Mesothoracic spinula long, metathoracic spinula absent. Metanotum with transverse lines of reticulation anteriorly, irregularly sculptured posteromedially; campaniform sensilla present; two pairs of setae arising at anterior margin. Tarsi 2-segmented. Fore wing with first and second rows of setae complete and closely spaced. Abdominal tergites V–VIII with ctenidia laterally, ctenidia on VIII anterolateral to spiracle; VIII with complete posteromarginal comb of broadly based microtrichia. Sternites without discal setae, with three pairs of long posteromarginal setae. Both sexes fully winged.
Male paler than female, abdominal tergites darker medially; with transverse pore plate on abdominal sternites III–VII.
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 peruviana resembles the common brevicaulis in general appearance, and sometimes they are found living together. However F. peruviana is unique in having the pedicel on antennal segment III swollen apically. A key to Frankliniella species recorded from Brazil is provided by Cavalleri & Mound (2012).
World distribution
Described from Peru and also recorded from Brazil.
