†Ankothrips dupeae Nel et al. 2020 (thrips)
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae
Full reference: P. Nel, T. Schubnel, V. Perrichot and A. Nel. 2020. Ankothrips, the most ancient extant thrips genus (Thysanoptera, Melanthripidae). Papers in Palaeontology 7:825-837
Belongs to Ankothrips according to P. Nel et al. 2020
Sister taxon: Ankothrips deploegi
Type specimen: IGR.GAR.1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is La Robinière (La Garnache 1), Vendée amber, which is in a Turonian terrestrial amber in France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at La Robinière (La Garnache 1), Vendée amber
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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