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Merothrips

Merothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Merothripidae. There are about 19 described species in Merothrips.

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Merothrips
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Merothripidae
Genus: Merothrips
Hood, 1912

Merothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Merothripidae. There are about 19 described species in Merothrips.123

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Merothrips:

  • Merothrips brevisetis Hood
  • Merothrips brunneus Ward, 1969
  • Merothrips cognatus Hood
  • Merothrips dietrichi Schliephake
  • Merothrips floridensis Watson, 1927
  • Merothrips fusciceps Hood & Williams, 1915
  • Merothrips indicus Bhatti & Ananthakrishnan, 1975
  • Merothrips laevis Hood, 1938
  • Merothrips mirus Crawford
  • Merothrips morgani Hood, 1912
  • Merothrips nigricornis Hood
  • Merothrips plaumanni Crawford
  • Merothrips productus Hood, 1938
  • Merothrips tympanis Hood
  • Merothrips williamsi Priesner, 1921
  • Merothrips yii Ng & Mound, 2018
  • Merothrips zondagi Ward, 1969
  • Merothrips balticus Ulitzka, 2015
  • Merothrips fritschi Priesner, 1924
References

References

  1. "Merothrips Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Merothrips". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Hoddle, M.S.; Mound, L.A.; Paris, D.L. (2012). "Thrips of California". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  • Jacot-Guillarmod, C. F. (1970). "Catalogue of the Thysanoptera of the world (Pt. 1)". Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History). 7: 1–8.
  • Mound, L. A.; Kibby, G. (1998). Thysanoptera: An Identification Guide. CABI. ISBN 978-0851992112.
  • Cavalleri, Adriano; Masumoto, Masami; Minaei, Kambiz; Mound, Laurence; et al. (2018). "ThripsWiki - providing information on the World's thrips". Retrieved 2019-07-02.