Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae
Alternative spellings: Melanothripinae, Melanthripinae
Full reference: R. S. Bagnall. 1913. A synopsis of the Thysanopterous family Aeolothripidae. 2nd International Congress of Entomology, Transactions 394-397
Parent taxon: Terebrantia according to L. A. Mound and A. Hastenpflug-Vesmanis 2021
See also Bagnall 1913, Peñalver et al. 2012, Schliephake 1999, Schliephake 2000, Schliephake 2001, Schliephake 2003 and Ulitzka 2017
Sister taxa: Aeolothripidae, Hemithripidae, Heterothripidae, Karataothripidae, Liassothripidae, Merothripidae, Stenurothripidae, Thripidae, Triassothripidae, Uzelothripidae
Subtaxa: Ankothrips Archankothrips Avithrips Eocranothrips Gymnopollisthrips Melanthrips Proboscisthrips
Type: Melanthrips
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (7), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Myanmar (1), Spain (1)
Total: 21 collections including 29 occurrences