Insecta - Thysanoptera - Thripidae
Full reference: P. Nel, E. Peñalver, D. Azar, G. Hodebert, and A. Nel. 2010. Modern thrips families Thripidae and Phlaeothripidae in Early Cretaceous amber (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:154-163
Parent taxon: Thripinae according to L. A. Mound and A. Hastenpflug-Vesmanis 2021
See also Nel et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Amorphothrips, Anaphothrips, Aptinothripinae, Calothrips, Chirothripini, Convexithrips, Eochirothrips, Frankliniella, Incertothrips, Lewisothrips, Lipsanothrips, Mycterothrips, Oxythrips, Procerothrips, Proscirtothrips, Protanaphothrips, Scirtothrips, Taeniothrips, Telothrips, Thripina, Thripini, Thrips
Subtaxa: Tethysthrips attenboroughi Tethysthrips hispanicus Tethysthrips libanicus
Type: Tethysthrips hispanicus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1 collection), Spain (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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