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
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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