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Revision as of 05:51, 19 October 2012
Nomenclatural details
Merothrips laevis Hood, 1938: 350.
Merothrips lacotae Medina Gaud, 1961: 80. Synonymised by Mound & O'Neill, 1974: 500.
Biology and Distribution
Described from Florida, and the synonym lacotae from Puerto Rico, this species has also been recorded from Japan. Most specimens have been taken in litter.
References
Hood JD (1938). New Thysanoptera from Florida and North Carolina. Revista de Entomologia 8: 348–420.
Medina Gaud S (1961) The Thysanoptera of Puerto Rico. Technical Papers of the agricultural Experiment Station, Puerto Rico 32: 1-160.
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 USNM, Washington. Holotype male of lacotae in Rio Pedras Agric. Expt. Station, Puerto Rico.
