Genus Merothrips Hood, 1912

Classification: Kingdom  Animalia     Phylum  Arthropoda     Class  Insecta     Order  Thysanoptera     Family  Merothripidae     Genus  Merothrips    

Valid Children: brevisetis   brunneus   floridensis   fritschi   fusciceps   indicus   laevis   mirus   morgani   nigricornis   ottonis   productus   tympanis   williamsi  

General Details

Author	Hood
Year of Publication	1912
Status	Valid Name
Rank	Genus

Available Names

Amerothrips Bhatti, 1989 

General Details

Reference	Bhatti JS (1989). The classification of Thysanoptera into families . Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology). 2 : 1–23
Page	13
Status	Synonym = Merothrips
Notes
Type Species	Merothrips fusciceps Hood & Williams 1915
Fixation Method	monotypy

Merothrips Hood, 1912 

General Details

Reference	Hood JD (1912). Descriptions of new North American Thysanoptera . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 14 : 129–160
Page	132
Status	Genus
Notes
Type Species	M. morgani Hood 1912
Fixation Method	monotypy

Sakimurathrips Bhatti, 1989 

General Details

Reference	Bhatti JS (1989). The classification of Thysanoptera into families . Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology). 2 : 1–23
Page	9
Status	Synonym = Merothrips
Notes
Type Species	Merothrips williamsi Priesner 1921
Fixation Method	monotypy

Tardothrips Bhatti, 1989 

General Details

Reference	Bhatti JS (1989). The classification of Thysanoptera into families . Zoology (Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology). 2 : 1–23
Page	13
Status	Synonym = Merothrips
Notes
Type Species	Merothrips mirus Crawford 1942
Fixation Method	monotypy

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