Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae
Alternative combination: Eocranothrips samlandi
Full reference: G. Schliephake. 1999. Fossil Thrips (Thysanoptera, Insecta) of the Baltic (North- and Baltic Sea) and Saxonian (Bitterfeldian) Tertiary Amber from the Collections of Hoffeins. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 46(1):83-100
Belongs to Eocranothrips according to M. R. Ulitzka 2017
See also Schliephake 1999
Sister taxon: Eocranothrips annulicornis
Type specimen: Nr. 776. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Hoffeins/Deutsches Entomologische Institut collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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