Merothrips floridensis
Nomenclatural details
Merothrips floridensis Watson, 1927: 60
Merothrips capensis Faure, 1938: 6. Synonymised by Mound & O'Neill, 1974.
Merothrips plaumanni Crawford JC, 1942: 150. Synonymised by Mound & O'Neill, 1974.
Merothrips xylophilus zur Strassen, 1959: 447. Synonymised by Mound & O'Neill, 1974.
Merothrips priesneri Bournier, 1960: 98. Synonymised by Mound & O'Neill, 1974.
Merothrips zondagi Ward, 1969: 359. Synonymised by Mound & O'Neill, 1974.
Biology and Distribution
References
Watson JR (1927) New Thysanoptera from Florida XIV. Florida Entomologist 10: 60–62.
Faure JC (1938) Descriptions of new Thysanoptera. Pretoria University Publications, Series 2, Natural Science 4: 1–20.
Crawford JC (1942) Two news South American species of Merothrips Hood (Thysanoptera: Merothripidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 44: 150–154.
zur Strassen R (1959) Studies in African Thysanoptera, 3 (With notes on oedimerous males in Terebrantia). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 22: 436–464.
Bournier A (1960) Espèces nouvelles dans la faune thysanoptérologique des litières de feuilles de chêne vert (Quercus ilex L.). Vie et Milieu 11: 88–101.
Ward A (1969) Two new Merothrips (Thysanoptera-Merothripidae) from New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 8: 359–366.
Mound LA & O'Neill K (1974) Taxonomy of the Merothripidae, with ecological and phylogenetic considerations (Thysanoptera). Journal of Natural History 8: 481-509.
