Mitothrips Trybom, 1912 Spathiothrips Richter, 1928 Franklinothrips is a genus of thrips with pantropical distribution.

The genus name is derived from the surname of entomologist H. J. Franklin, who described thrips taxa in the early 1900s.

Most species are apparently bisexual (have both males and females) and occur only in small areas.

Males are less ant-like in appearance, being smaller, with longer antennae and a less constricted waist.

F. vespiformis also feeds on mites, nymphs of a whitefly species and the larvae of an agromyzid fly.