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== References == | == References == | ||
Hood JD (1938) New Thysanoptera from Florida and North Carolina. ''Revista de Entomologia'' 8: 348–420. | Hood JD (1938) New Thysanoptera from Florida and North Carolina. ''Revista de Entomologia'' 8: 348–420. | ||
Revision as of 05:42, 27 July 2012
Nomenclatural details
Merothrips williamsi Priesner, 1921: 191.
Merothrips genuinus Hood, 1938: 354. Synonymised by Mound & O'Neill, 1974.
Biology and Distribution
Described from a single female from Paraguay, and the synonym genuinus from Florida, this species has also been taken from dead branches in the Caribbean, Brazil, and South Africa.
References
Hood JD (1938) New Thysanoptera from Florida and North Carolina. Revista de Entomologia 8: 348–420.
Priesner H (1921) Neue und wenig bekannte Thysanopteren der neotropischen Fauna aus der Sammlung des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. Deutsche entomologische Zeitung 1921: 187–223.
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, female in Humboldt University Museum, Berlin.
Holotype of genuinus, female in USNM Washington.
