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Merothrips Cognatus
''Merothrips'' is a genus of thrips in the family Merothripidae. There are about 19 described species in ''Merothrips''. Species These 19 species belong to the genus ''Merothrips'': * ''Merothrips brevisetis'' Hood * ''Merothrips brunneus'' Ward, 1969 * ''Merothrips cognatus'' Hood * ''Merothrips dietrichi'' Schliephake * ''Merothrips floridensis'' Watson, 1927 * ''Merothrips fusciceps'' Hood & Williams, 1915 * ''Merothrips indicus'' Bhatti & Ananthakrishnan, 1975 * ''Merothrips laevis'' Hood, 1938 * ''Merothrips mirus'' Crawford * ''Merothrips morgani'' Hood, 1912 * ''Merothrips nigricornis'' Hood * ''Merothrips plaumanni'' Crawford * ''Merothrips productus'' Hood, 1938 * ''Merothrips tympanis'' Hood * ''Merothrips williamsi'' Priesner, 1921 * ''Merothrips yii'' Ng & Mound, 2018 * ''Merothrips zondagi'' Ward, 1969 * † ''Merothrips balticus'' Ulitzka, 2015 * † ''Merothrips fritschi'' Priesner, 1924 References Further reading * * * * Thrips Articles created by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thrip
Thrips ( order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are predators. Entomologists have described approximately 6,000 species. They fly only weakly and their feathery wings are unsuitable for conventional flight; instead, thrips exploit an unusual mechanism, clap and fling, to create lift using an unsteady circulation pattern with transient vortices near the wings. Many thrips species are pests of commercially important crops. A few species serve as vectors for over 20 viruses that cause plant disease, especially the Tospoviruses. Some species of thrips are beneficial as pollinators or as predators of other insects or mites. In the right conditions, such as in greenhouses, many species can exponentially increase in population size and form large swarms because of a lack of natural predators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
