Frankliniella bondari, Hood, 1941

Cavalleri, Adriano & Mound, Laurence A., 2012, Toward the identification of Frankliniella species in Brazil (Thysanoptera, Thripidae), Zootaxa 3270, pp. 1-30 : 5

bondari Hood, 1941

Described from Brazil, this yellow species is recorded from Mexico, Cuba, and south eastern USA (Florida, Georgia, Hawaii). Apparently specific to Polianthes (Agavaceae) , the head is prolonged in front of the eyes as in other Frankliniella species that live on Poaceae ( Nakahara 1992) . The head also lacks postocular setae I and metanotal campaniform sensilla are absent. Two synonyms of this species, alba and bratleyi, were described based on macropterous and brachypterous forms in Mexico and USA.