†Ankothrips deploegi 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 dupeae
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A71309, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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