Triops newberryi

Taxobox
name = Triops newberryi


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Branchiopoda
ordo = Triopia
familia = Triopsidae
genus = "Triops"
species = "Triops newberryi"
binomial = "Triops newberryi"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1921
synonyms =
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range_map_caption = The range of "Triops newberryi"

"Triops newberryi" is a species of triop found on the Western coast of North America, commonly in valleys throughout the states of Washington, Oregon, California, and a small bit of Nevada, and Mexico. They are found in vast numbers though in the Coachella Valley in California. [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13775565 Introduction and establishment of tadpole shrimp Triops newberryi1 (Notostraca: Triopsidae) in a date garden for biological control of mosquitoes in the Coachella Valley, sout... ] ] "T. newberryi" has been reported to have potential as a biocontrol agent for larval mosquitoes breeding in seasonally-flooded habitats.

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