Merothrips tympanis

Nomenclatural details

Merothrips tympanis Hood, 1954: 20.

Biology and Distribution

Described from southern Brazil, Mound & O'Neill (1974) indicate that this species is particularly closely related to some other species including M. floridensis.

References

Hood JD (1954) Brasilian Thysanoptera IV. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 67: 17–54.

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 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.