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== Nomenclatural details ==
 
== Nomenclatural details ==
 
''Merothrips brunneus'' Ward, 1969: 362.
 
''Merothrips brunneus'' Ward, 1969: 362.

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Nomenclatural details

Merothrips brunneus Ward, 1969: 362.

Biology and Distribution

Described from New Zealand, and also recorded from Australia, this species is locally common on dead branches.

References

Ward A (1969) Two new Merothrips (Thysanoptera-Merothripidae) from New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 8: 359–366.

Mound LA & O'Neill K (1974) Taxonomy of the Merothripidae, with ecological and phylogenetic considerations (Thysanoptera). Journal of Natural History 8: 481-509.

Mound LA, Tree DC & Paris D. (2012) Ozthrips – Thysanoptera in Australia. [1]

Type information

Holotype female, New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Auckland.