Species not studied on the current work. Body dark brown, fore wings sharply bicoloured, mid and hind tibia uniformly dark brown. Postocular setae I absent, and major pronotal setae very long.
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 setipes is similar to Frankliniella fulvipes and Frankliniella varipes in colouration and pronotal setae length, but is differentiated by the colouration of mid and hind tibia, absence of postocular setae I, and postocular setae IV slightly longer than the width of a compound eye. A key to Frankliniella species recorded from Brazil is provided by Cavalleri & Mound (2012).
