Merothripidae is a family of thrips in the order Thysanoptera. There are at least 4 genera and 20 described species in Merothripidae.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Suborder: | Terebrantia |
| Family: | Merothripidae Hood, 1914 |
Genera
editThese four genera belong to the family Merothripidae:
- Damerothrips Hood, 1954
- Merothrips Hood, 1912
- † Jezzinothrips Strassen, 1973 Lebanese amber, Barremian
- †Myanmarothrips Ulitzka 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian[4]
- † Praemerothrips Priesner, 1930 Baltic amber, Eocene
References
edit- ^ "Merothripidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "Merothripidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ "Family Merothripidae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ M. R. Ulitzka (2018). "A first survey of Cretaceous thrips from Burmese amber including the establishment of a new family of Tubulifera (Insecta: Thysanoptera)". Zootaxa. 4486: 548–558. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4486.4.8. PMID 30313740.
Further reading
edit- Hoddle, M.S.; Mound, L.A.; Paris, D.L. (2012). "Thrips of California". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Jacot-Guillarmod, C. F. (1970). "Catalogue of the Thysanoptera of the world (Pt. 1)". Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History). 7: 1–8.
- Mound, L. A.; Kibby, G. (1998). Thysanoptera: An Identification Guide. CABI. ISBN 978-0851992112.
- Mound, Laurence A. (2005). "Thysanoptera: Diversity and Interactions". Annual Review of Entomology. 50: 247–269. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.49.061802.123318. PMID 15355240.
- Cavalleri, Adriano; Masumoto, Masami; Minaei, Kambiz; Mound, Laurence; et al. (2018). "ThripsWiki - providing information on the World's thrips". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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