Melanthrips Haliday 1836
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae
Alternative spelling: Melanothrips
Parent taxon: Melanthripidae according to L. A. Mound and A. Hastenpflug-Vesmanis 2021
See also Park and Downing 2001 and Priesner 1929
Sister taxa: Ankothrips, Archankothrips, Eocranothrips, Gymnopollisthrips, Proboscisthrips
Subtaxa: Melanothrips annulicornis Melanothrips extincta Melanthrips extincta
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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