Merothripidae

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]

Merothripidae Temporal range: Barremian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Thysanoptera
Suborder:	Terebrantia
Family:	Merothripidae Hood, 1914

Genera

These 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

1. "Merothripidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
2. "Merothripidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
3. "Family Merothripidae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
4. 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

• 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.