†Archankothrips varicornis Bagnall 1923 (thrips)
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae
Alternative combinations: Archankothrips variicornis, Melanothrips varicornis
Synonym: Archankothrips zawirskae Schliephake 2001
Full reference: R. S. Bagnall. 1923. Fossil Thysanoptera, I. Terebrantia, Pt. 1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 59:35-38
Belongs to Archankothrips according to M. R. Ulitzka 2017
See also Bagnall 1923, Bagnall 1926, Mound 1968 and Schliephake 2001
Sister taxa: Archankothrips hoffeinsianus, Archankothrips medisetosus, Archankothrips pugionifer
Type specimens:
- Archankothrips varicornis: Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation
- Archankothrips zawirskae: MZ 18332 TG, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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