Palaeothrips Scudder 1867 (thrips)

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Aeolothripidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1867. The results of an examination of a small collection of fossil insects obtained by Prof. William Denton in the Tertiary Beds of Green River, Colorado. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 11:117-118

Parent taxon: Aeolothripidae according to L. A. Mound and A. Hastenpflug-Vesmanis 2021

See also Scudder 1875 and Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Aeolothrips, Archanakothrips, Cretothrips, Fusithrips, Lithadothrips, Mymarothrips, Orothripinae, Rhipidothripoides, Sinaeolothrips, Tobleronothrips

Subtaxa: Palaeothrips fossilis Palaeothrips longipes

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Type: Palaeothrips fossilis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Eocene of United States (1: Utah)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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