Frankliniella species with 7-segmented antennae
1. Body colour brown; metanotal median setae arising behind the anterior margin of this sclerite.................... aztecus
- Body and legs yellow; metanotal setae arising at anterior margin................................................2
2. Ocellar setae III minute, 8–10 microns long, less than 2.0 times as long as longitudinal diameter of a hind ocelus... jamaicensis
- Ocellar setae III more than 36–40 microns long, at least 2.5 times as long as longitudinal diameter of a hind ocellus...... 3
3. Tergite VIII with comb of microtrichia well-developed, long and regular, teeth long arising on triangular bases; pronotal major anteromarginal setae 65 microns long, as long as half length of pronotum; metanotum with campaniform sensilla............................................................................................... veracrucensis sp.n.
- Tergite VIII with comb of microtrichia weakly developed in lenght, sparse; pronotal major anteromarginal setae 14–22 microns long; metanotum without campaniform sensilla............................................... georgiensis