Merothripidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Thysanoptera
Subordo: Terebrantia

Familia:Merothripidae
Genera (3 + 2†): Damerothrips – Erotidothrips – Merothrips – †Jezzinothrips – †Myanmarothrips – †Praemerothrips
Name

Merothripidae Hood, 1914

References

Template:Hood, 1914

Mound, L.A.; O'Neill, K. 1974: Taxonomy of the Merothripidae, with ecological and phylogenetic considerations (Thysanoptera). Journal of natural history 8(5): 481–509. DOI: 10.1080/00222937400770411 Reference page.
Ulitzka, M.R. 2018. A first survey of Cretaceous thrips from Burmese amber including the establishment of a new family of Tubulifera (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Zootaxa 4486(4): 548–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.4.8 Open access.Reference page.

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]
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
† Praemerothrips Priesner, 1930 Baltic amber, Eocene

References

"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.

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.