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| − | The three genera listed above in synonymy | + | The three genera listed above in synonymy were each erected for single slightly aberrant species of what is interpreted here as a single genus, ''Merothrips'' . The species of this genus all live in leaf litter or on dead branches, where they are presumed to feed on fungus. Most ''Merothrips'' species are from the Neotropics, but several have been recorded widely around the world. |
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 04:24, 27 July 2012
Genus Information
Merothrips Hood, 1914: 132. Type species Merothrips morgani Hood, by monotypy.
Amerothrips Bhatti, 1989: 13. Type species Merothrips fusciceps Hood, by monotypy.
Sakimurathrips Bhatti, 1989: 9. Type species Merothrips williamsi Priesner, by monotypy.
Tardothrips Bhatti, 1989: 13, Type species Merothrips mirus Crawford, by monotypy.
Biology and Distribution
The three genera listed above in synonymy were each erected for single slightly aberrant species of what is interpreted here as a single genus, Merothrips . The species of this genus all live in leaf litter or on dead branches, where they are presumed to feed on fungus. Most Merothrips species are from the Neotropics, but several have been recorded widely around the world.
References
Hood JD (1912) Descriptions of new North American Thysanoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 14: 129–160.
Mound LA & O'Neill K (1974) Taxonomy of the Merothripidae, with ecological and phylogenetic considerations (Thysanoptera). Journal of Natural History 8: 481-509.
Bhatti JS (1989) The classification of Thysanoptera into families. Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology) 2: 1–23
Species
Merothrips brevisetis Hood, 1954
Merothrips brunneus Ward, 1969
Merothrips cognatus Hood, 1925
Merothrips floridensis Watson, 1927
Merothrips fritschi Priesner, 1924
Merothrips fusciceps Hood & Williams, 1915
Merothrips genuinus Hood, 1938
Merothrips hawaiiensis Moulton, 1937
Merothrips indicus Bhatti & Ananthakrishnan, 1975
Merothrips lacotae Medina Gaud, 1961
Merothrips laevis Hood, 1938
Merothrips mirus Crawford JC, 1942
Merothrips morgani Hood, 1912
Merothrips nigricornis Hood, 1937
Merothrips ottonis zur Strassen, 1959
Merothrips plaumanni Crawford JC, 1942
Merothrips priesneri Bournier, 1960
Merothrips productus Hood, 1938
Merothrips tympanis Hood, 1954
Merothrips williamsi Priesner, 1921
Merothrips xylophilus zur Strassen, 1959
Merothrips zondagi Ward, 1969
