Scirtothrips clarus, Moulton, 1942

Moulton, Dudley, 1942, Thysanoptera: Thrips of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, pp. 7-16 : 8

4. Scirtothrips clarus , new species.

Female holotype: clear yellow, eyes black, crescents of ocelli orange.

Species with all the characters of the genus, but specifically set apart by its uniformly clear color, including the wings. The mouth cone is short but pointed, and reaches approximately half across prosternum. The single spine at each posterior angle of prothorax is relatively short. The fore vein of forewing has 3-3 basal and three scattered distal spines; hind vein has four spines. Length, 0.93 mm.

Orote Point, July 19, "preclacious on reel spider", holotype female, one para type female, Swezey ( 5479 ).

S. clams is most closely related to S. albus Jones found in California, but is immediately separated by the shorter mouth cone and orange crescents of ocelli. In S. albus the mouth cone extends to the posterior margin of the prothorax and the crescents of ocelli are yellow.