†Tethysthrips libanicus Nel et al. 2010 (thrips)
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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
Belongs to Tethysthrips according to P. Nel et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Tethysthrips hispanicus
Type specimen: Azar 97A, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Mdeyrij-Hammana (LU collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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