| Mecynothrips | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae |
| Genus: | Mecynothrips Bagnall, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Mecynothrips wallacei Bagnall, 1908
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Mecynothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,12 first described by Richard Siddoway Bagnall in 1908.13 The type species is Mecynothrips wallacei Bagnall, 1908.1
Two of the Australian species are found only in rainforests in northern Queensland (Mecynothrips acanthus, and Mecynothrips wallacei).4 but the third Australian species, M.hardyi lives on the dead leaves of Acacia harpophylla in arid parts of southern Queensland.4
Species
- Mecynothrips acanthus
- Mecynothrips atratus
- Mecynothrips goliath
- Mecynothrips hardyi
- Mecynothrips kanoi
- Mecynothrips karimonensis
- Mecynothrips kraussi
- Mecynothrips lacerta
- Mecynothrips priesneri
- Mecynothrips pugilator
- Mecynothrips simplex
- Mecynothrips snodgrassi
- Mecynothrips taiwanus
- Mecynothrips wallacei
References
References
- "Australian Faunal Directory: Mecynothrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X
- Richard S. Bagnall (April 1908). "LVIII.—On some new and curious Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) from Papua" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1, 8 (4, 1): 355–363. doi:10.1080/00222930808692417. ISSN 0374-5481. Wikidata Q111744187. [356].
- "Lucid Key Factsheet - Mecynothrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-28.