Difference between revisions of "Merothrips mirus"
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| − | Described from southern Brazil, where the species appears to be quite widespread on dead branches. | + | Described from southern Brazil, where the species appears to be quite widespread on dead branches. The identity of several apterous females identified by Hood as this species remains equivocal. |
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Revision as of 06:54, 27 July 2012
Nomenclatural details
Merothrips mirus Crawford JC, 1942: 152.
Biology and Distribution
Described from southern Brazil, where the species appears to be quite widespread on dead branches. The identity of several apterous females identified by Hood as this species remains equivocal.
References
Crawford JC (1942) Two news South American species of Merothrips Hood (Thysanoptera: Merothripidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 44: 150–154.
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 macroptera in USNM, Washington.
