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| − | Described from Louisiana | + | Described from Louisiana USA(''M. fusciceps'') and Trinidad (''M. cognatus''), this species has also been taken in Brazil, living on dead branches. |
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Revision as of 22:15, 7 April 2013
Nomenclatural details
Merothrips fusciceps Hood & Williams, 1915: 123.
Merothrips cognatus Hood, 1925: 53. Synonymised by Mound & O'Neill, 1974: 499.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Louisiana USA(M. fusciceps) and Trinidad (M. cognatus), this species has also been taken in Brazil, living on dead branches.
References
Hood JD & Williams CB (1915). New Thysanoptera from Florida and Louisiana. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 23: 121–138.
Hood JD (1925) New neotropical Thysanoptera collected by C.B. Williams. Psyche 32: 48–69.
Mound LA & O'Neill K (1974) Taxonomy of the Merothripidae, with ecological and phylogenetic considerations (Thysanoptera). Journal of Natural History 8: 481-509.
Type information
Holotype females, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
