3071 Author Zelazny, B. Author Webb, M. D. text Zootaxa 2011 2011-10-28 3071 1 307 journal article 1175­5334 Saccharodite palauensis (Fennah, 1956) new combination Levu matsumurae palauensis Fennah, 1956a: 176 ( Fig. 277a ) Redescription. Forewings length about 2.6 mm . Colour stramineous to light brown; clypeus, a mark above eyes, sides of pronotum, and hind parts of mesonotum (but not scutellum) orange-brown. Forewings glassy; faintly infuscated from clavus tip to base of Ms1, around base of Ms2, and along apical cross-veins; veins stramineous, but faintly orange in infuscated areas; last subcostal sector red; 3 dark spots on base of Sc+R. Hindwings colourless. In profile junction of vertex and face very slightly angulated; subantennal processes well separated from margins of facial carinae; rostrum reaching hind coxae. Forewing shape and venation like in Sa. basipunctulata (Melichar) . Etymology . Derived from the island of Palau , the latinized species name ( palauensis , -ensis, -ense ) is an adjective. Type material . Holotype ♂ MICRONESIA : PALAU ISLANDS ; labels: 1) BABELTHUAP I./ Palau Islands / 12 Dec. 1947 2) wooded peak/ SW. of Ulimang 3) Pacific Sci. Board / Ent. Surv. of/ Micronesia / H.S. Dybas leg. 4) Levu / matsumurae/ palauensis/ Fenn. ( USNM #62160 ). Other material examined. MICRONESIA : PALAU ISLANDS : Kokor, IV.1954 , unknown sex, J.W. Beardsley ( BPBM ). Distribution . Palau Islands, Micronesia . Diagnosis. Saccharodite palauensis , like other species of Saccharodite from Micronesia , resembles Sa. basipunctulata (Melichar) which is also found in Palau . It can be recognized by its orange clypeus.