†Merothrips balticus Ulitzka 2015 (long legged thrips)
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Merothripidae
Full reference: M. R. Ulitzka. 2015. Praemerothrips hoodi Priesner, 1929 and Merothrips balticus sp. nov. - two new fossils of thrips from Baltic Tertiary amber (Thysanoptera: Merothripidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 125:213-216
Belongs to Merothrips according to M. R. Ulitzka 2015
Sister taxa: Merothrips aithiopicus, Merothrips dietrichi, Merothrips fritschi
Type specimen: SMF T 19265, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Senckenberg Frankfurt (SMF) collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Senckenberg Frankfurt (SMF) collection
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