†Melanothrips extincta Scudder 1875 (thrips)
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1875. The Tertiary Physopoda of Colorado. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2(1):221-223
Belongs to Melanothrips according to S. H. Scudder 1890
See also Handlirsch 1907, Scudder 1875 and Scudder 1877
Sister taxa: Melanothrips annulicornis, Melanthrips extincta
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chagrin Valley, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Chagrin Valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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