Insecta - Dicondylia - Westphalothripidesidae

Full reference: P. Nel, D. Azar, J. Prokop, P. Roques, G. Hodebert and A. Nel. 2012. From Carboniferous to Recent: wing venation enlightens evolution of thysanopteran lineage. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10:385-399

Parent taxon: Holothysanoptera according to M. S. Engel et al. 2025

See also Nel et al. 2012, Nel et al. 2014 and Ulitzka 2021

Sister taxa: Betathysanoptera, Lophioneuroptera, Panthysanoptera, Thysanoptera, Cyphoneuridae

Subtaxa: Westphalothripides

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Type: Westphalothripides

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Terril No 7, Avion (Carboniferous of France)

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