Thrips flavus

Body length about 1.2–1.4 mm. General body color yellow. Antennae: segments I–II yellow, III–IV brown often with basal half pale, V yellow with distal third brown, VI brown often with basal fourth pale. Ocellar setae III position distinctive. Fore wing first vein with seven basal and three distal setae. Abdominal tergite VIII with a few posteromarginal comb medially. Pleurotergites without discal setae and ciliate microtrichia. Tergite IX with S1 setae slightly ahead of level of S2 setae and subequal in length to S2 setae, slightly closer to S2 setae than each other.

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