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Issue: Vol. 4407 No. 3: 11 Apr. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.12
Page range: 447–450
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 50

Merothripidae from Malaysia: Merothrips with one new species and two new species records

Centre for Insect Systematics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Thysanoptera family key to species first records

Abstract

The family Merothripidae is recorded for the first time from Malaysia. Three species of Merothrips, the largest genus in the family, are recorded here, with the description of Merothrips yii sp.n.

 

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