NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Erotidothripinae
  Family - Merothripidae
  Suborder - Terebrantia
  Order - Thysanoptera
  Superorder - Paraneoptera
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Merothrips fusciceps
      Species - Merothrips laevis
      Species - Merothrips morgani
      Species - Merothrips productus
      Species - Merothrips floridensis
      Species - Merothrips williamsi