Taeniothrips majoribalticus Schliephake 2001 (thrips)

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Thripidae

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 Taeniothrips according to G. Schliephake 2001

Sister taxa: Taeniothrips (Balticothrips), Taeniothrips (Saxonothrips), Taeniothrips balticus, Taeniothrips clavicornis, Taeniothrips consobrinus, Taeniothrips crassisetosus, Taeniothrips evelinae, Taeniothrips inclusus, Taeniothrips klimti, Taeniothrips lewisothripeus, Taeniothrips litoralis, Taeniothrips mucripositus, Taeniothrips parvus, Taeniothrips pietrzeniuki, Taeniothrips prior, Taeniothrips repositus, Taeniothrips resinae, Taeniothrips successus

Type specimen: MZ 16276 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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