Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)

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 : 178

Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)

Euthrips occidentalis Pergande, 1895: 392

This cosmopolitan species, commonly known as Western Flower Thrips , was described from California ( Mound & Marullo 1996). The species can be distinguished from F. schultzei by the characters indicated in the key.

Material studied. Al Baha. Almendaq , 19 females from Echinops sp. , 38 females from Verbesina encelioides , 35 females from Nicotiana glauca , 18 females from Asphodelus tenuifolius , nine females from Imperata cylindrical , 6.iv.2019, ( BT); Shada Al Aala, two females from Conyza bonariensis , 8.iv.2019, ( BT); Raghadan, 10 females, one male from Tagetes minuta, (BT) ; Al Baha city, 40 females, five males from Echinops sp. , 23.ix.2020, ( BT) ; Riyadh. Al Oyayna Rd. 33 females, two males from Zilla spinosa 23. i.2019, ( BT); Al Oyayna, 35 females from Ch. album , 13.ii.2019, ( BT), Aldryhim, Y. N.; Hraymla, Safarat dam, 21 females from Avena fatua , 33 females from Rumex dentatus , 28.ii.2019, ( BT); Al Huwait, 49 females from Triticum aestivum , 22 females from Brassica sp. 18 females from Cynodon dactylon , 12.iii.2020, ( BT); Al Dawadmi, 103 females from Medicago sativa , 13.iii.2020 ; Sajir , 148 females, 22 males from Brassica sp. 12.iii.2020 ; Khafifa, 61 females, eight males from Poaceae ; Ureeda , eight females from Zilla spinosa , 13.iii.2020, ( BT) .