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Merothrips

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Merothripidae

Taxonomy
Merothrips was named by Hood (1912). It is extant. It is the type genus of Merothripidae.

It was assigned to Merothripidae by Priesner (1924) and Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Merothrips Hood
1924Merothrips Priesner p. 145
2021Merothrips Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
superorderThripidaFallen 1814
orderThysanopteraHaliday 1836
suborderTerebrantiaHaliday 1836
familyMerothripidaeHood 1914
genusMerothripsHood 1912

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Merothrips Hood 1912
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†Merothrips aithiopicus Ulitzka 2020
†Merothrips balticus Ulitzka 2015
†Merothrips dietrichi Schliephake 2003
†Merothrips fritschi Priesner 1924
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available