Insecta - Thysanoptera - Thripidae
Full reference: A. Shmakov. 2014. Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Bembridge Marls, Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104:317-325
Belongs to Coccothrips according to L. A. Mound and A. Hastenpflug-Vesmanis 2021
See also Shmakov 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNEMG 2007.12, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Thorness Bay, Bembridge Marls (MNEMG coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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