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Revision as of 05:07, 27 July 2012
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, and the synonym cognatus from Trinidad, 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
Holotypes of both species are females, in USNM, Washington.
