Frankliniella, Karny, 1910

Rasool, Iftekhar, Alattal, Yehya Zaki & Aldhafer, Hathal M., 2023, Faunistic inventory, identification keys and zoogeographical analysis of the Thysanoptera-Terebrantia of Saudi Arabia, including two new species, Zootaxa 5306 (2), pp. 151-200 : 177

Key to species of Frankliniella from Saudi Arabia

1. Ocellar setae pair III arising anterior to hind ocelli, more than 1.5 times as long as distance between hind ocelli; metanotum with CPS; posteromarginal comb of abdominal tergite VIII in females complete with long microtrichia arising from triangular bases...................................................................................... occidentalis

- Ocellar setae pair III arising between hind ocelli, scarcely as long as distance between hind ocelli; metanotum without CPS; posteromarginal comb of abdominal tergite VIII absent or with few small microtrichia laterally in both sexes..... schultzei