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Merothripidae
Sign in to saveMerothripidae is a family of thrips in the order Thysanoptera. There are at least 4 genera and 20 described species in Merothripidae.
Species
long legged thrips
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderThysanoptera
- FamilyMerothripidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Merothripidae
- Collections
- UCMP, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Dominican Republic
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Terebrantia
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- taxon name
- Merothripidae
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- family
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Genera
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Merothripidae is a family of thrips in the order Thysanoptera. There are at least 4 genera and 20 described species in Merothripidae.
==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
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