†Gerontothrips latipennis Priesner 1924 (thrips)
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Thripidae
Alternative combination: Achaetothrips latipennis
Synonym: Archaeothrips hoffeinsi Schliephake 1997
Full reference: H. Priesner. 1924. Bernstein-Thysanopteren. Entomologische Mitteilungen 13:130-151
Belongs to Gerontothrips according to G. Schliephake 2005
See also Schliephake 1997 and Schliephake 2001
Sister taxon: Archaeothrips latipennis
Type specimens:
- Gerontothrips latipennis: Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Judge Fritsch (Goldap) collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
- Archaeothrips hoffeinsi: Hoffeins 704, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (Hoffeins collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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