Difference between revisions of "Merothrips mirus"
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Revision as of 01:49, 6 February 2013
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 (Mound & O'Neill, 1974).
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, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
