†Eocranothrips annulicornis Bagnall 1923 (thrips)
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae
Alternative combination: Melanthrips annulicornis
Synonyms: Eocranothrips compacticornis Schliephake 1999, Eocranothrips leptocerus Schliephake 1999
Full reference: R. S. Bagnall. 1923. Fossil Thysanoptera, I. Terebrantia, Pt. 1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 59:35-38
Belongs to Eocranothrips according to L. A. Mound and A. Hastenpflug-Vesmanis 2021
See also Schliephake 1999, Schliephake 2003 and Ulitzka 2017
Sister taxon: Eocranothrips samlandii
Type specimens:
- Eocranothrips annulicornis: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
- Eocranothrips compacticornis: Hoffeins 23, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Beach near Agger, Baltic Amber, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Denmark.
- Eocranothrips leptocerus: DEI 576/3, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (Hoffeins collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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