Family Merothripidae Hood 1914 (long legged thrips)
Insecta - Thysanoptera - Merothripidae
Synonym: Jezzinothripidae zur Strassen 1973
Parent taxon: Terebrantia according to L. A. Mound and A. Hastenpflug-Vesmanis 2021
See also Grimaldi et al. 2004, Priesner 1929, Ulitzka 2018 and zur Strassen 1973
Sister taxa: Aeolothripidae, Hemithripidae, Heterothripidae, Karataothripidae, Liassothripidae, Melanthripidae, Stenurothripidae, Thripidae, Triassothripidae, Uzelothripidae
Subtaxa: Jezzinothrips Merothrips Myanmarothrips Praemerothrips
Type: Merothrips
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Ethiopia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1), Myanmar (1)
Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences