†Rhipidothripoides involvus Schliephake 2001 (thrips)
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Aeolothripidae
Full reference: G. Schliephake. 2001. Thysanoptera (Insecta) of the Tertiary amber of the Museum of the Earth, Warsaw, with keys to the species of the Baltic and Bitterfeld amber. Prace Muzeum Ziemi 46:17-39
Belongs to Rhipidothripoides according to G. Schliephake 2001
Sister taxa: Rhipidothripoides abdominalis, Rhipidothripoides juttae
Type specimen: MZ 14159 TG, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber (Museum Ziemi collection)
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