Mecynothrips

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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Mecynothrips

Bagnall, 1908
Type species
Mecynothrips wallacei
Bagnall, 1908

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

  • 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

  1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Mecynothrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  2. 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
  3. 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].
  4. "Lucid Key Factsheet - Mecynothrips". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2022-04-28.

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