†Synnastothrips minor Schliephake 1993 (thrips)
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Thripidae
Full reference: G. Schliephake. 1993. Beitrage zur Kenntnis fossiler Fransenflugler (Thysanoptera, Insecta) aus dem Bernstein des Tertiar. 2. Beitrag: Aeolothripidae (Melanthripinae) und Thripidae (Dendrothripinae und Thripinae). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 120:215-251
Belongs to Synnastothrips according to G. Schliephake 1993
Sister taxon: Synnastothrips vitreus
Type specimen: MfN MB.I.786, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bitterfeld amber (MfN collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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