†Weitschatithrips apithanus Schliephake 2003 (thrips)
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Phlaeothripidae
Full reference: G. Schliephake. 2003. Fossile Thysanoptera (Insecta) aus dem Baltischen Bernstein. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 87:171-182
Belongs to Weitschatithrips according to L. A. Mound and A. Hastenpflug-Vesmanis 2021
See also Schliephake 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GPIH 4364, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, GPIH collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, GPIH collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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