Mecynothrips
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| Mecynothrips | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Phlaeothripidae |
| Genus: | Mecynothrips Bagnall, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Mecynothrips wallacei Bagnall, 1908 | |
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]
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]
