Mecynothrips is a genus of thrips in the family Phlaeothripidae,[1][2] first described by Richard Siddoway Bagnall in 1908.[1][3] The type species is Mecynothrips wallacei Bagnall, 1908.[1]
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Two of the Australian species are found only in rainforests in northern Queensland (Mecynothrips acanthus, and Mecynothrips wallacei).[4] but the third Australian species, M.hardyi lives on the dead leaves of Acacia harpophylla in arid parts of southern Queensland.[4]
Species
edit- Mecynothrips acanthus
- Mecynothrips atratus
- Mecynothrips goliath
- Mecynothrips hardyi
- Mecynothrips kanoi
- Mecynothrips karimonensis
- Mecynothrips kraussi
- Mecynothrips lacerta
- Mecynothrips priesneri
- Mecynothrips pugilator
- Mecynothrips simplex
- Mecynothrips snodgrassi
- Mecynothrips taiwanus
- Mecynothrips wallacei
References
edit- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Mecynothrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X
- ^ Richard S. Bagnall (April 1908). "LVIII.—On some new and curious Thysanoptera (Tubulifera) from Papua" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1, 8 (4, 1): 355–363. doi:10.1080/00222930808692417. ISSN 0374-5481. Wikidata Q111744187. [356].
- ^ a b "Lucid Key Factsheet - Mecynothrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
Further reading
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