Insecta - Thysanoptera - Thripidae
Full reference: G. Schliephake. 1999. Fossil Thrips (Thysanoptera, Insecta) of the Baltic (North- and Baltic Sea) and Saxonian (Bitterfeldian) Tertiary Amber from the Collections of Hoffeins. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 46(1):83-100
Belongs to Taeniothrips (Balticothrips) according to G. Schliephake 1999
Sister taxa: Taeniothrips (Balticothrips) hoffeinsi, Taeniothrips (Balticothrips) streckelsbergi, Taeniothrips (Balticothrips) usedomi
Type specimen: Hoffeins 115, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Kupryjanowicz collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Isle of Usedom, Baltic Amber
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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