Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae

Full reference: M. R. Ulitzka. 2017. Revision of the fossil Melanthripidae from Baltic Tertiary (Eocene) amber including a new genus (Insecta: Thysanoptera) . Entomologische Zeitschrift 127:205-212

Parent taxon: Melanthripidae according to L. A. Mound and A. Hastenpflug-Vesmanis 2021

See also Ulitzka 2017

Sister taxa: Ankothrips, Archankothrips, Avithrips, Eocranothrips, Gymnopollisthrips, Melanthrips

Subtaxa: Proboscisthrips mammuthoides

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Type: Proboscisthrips mammuthoides

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Senckenberg Frankfurt (SMF) collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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