Frankliniella Karny, 1910

Munir-Zaki, Abdul M., Ng, Yong-Foo, Mound, Laurence A., Low, Van-Lun & Azidah, Abdul Aziz, 2024, Frankliniella minuta (Moulton) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae): an American species newly recorded in Asia, with a key to Frankliniella species from Malaysia, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2), pp. 207-214 : 209

Key to species of the genus Frankliniella Karny, 1910 in Malaysia

1 Abdominal tergite VIII without a posteromarginal comb of microtrichia. ................ schultzei (Trybom)

— Abdominal tergite VIII with comb of microtrichia in posterior margin. ..................................................... 2

2 Metanotum without a pair of campaniform sensilla; postocular setae S4 short, usually shorter than distance between hind ocelli. ............................................................................................................................. 3

— Metanotum with a pair of campaniform sensilla; postocular setae S4 long, as long or longer than distance between hind ocelli. ............................................................................................................................. 4

3 Head with longest pair of ocellar setae 3.0 to 4.0 times as long as the diameter of a hind ocellus; pronotum with five pairs of very long setae, the longest more than 0.5 as long as median length of pronotum. ................................................................................................................................ intonsa (Trybom)

— Head with longest pair of ocellar setae equal in length to diameter of a hind ocellus; all pronotal setae short, 0.2 to 0.4 as long as median length of pronotum. ................................................... minuta (Moulton)

4 Abdominal tergite VIII posteromarginal comb with long microtrichia, about 3 times as long as the width of their triangular base; sternite II usually with 1–2 discal setae; body of female uniformly pale.. ...................................................................................................................................................... williamsi Hood

— Abdominal tergite VIII posteromarginal microtrichia short, about twice as long as width of their triangular base; sternite II without discal setae; female usually light brown to bicoloured, if paler than tergites with median dark spots and tergite X with dark apex. .......................................................... ......................................................................................................................................... occidentalis (Pergande)