†Lithadothrips vetustus Scudder 1875 (thrips)
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Aeolothripidae
Alternative combination: Lithadothrips vetusta
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1875. The Tertiary Physopoda of Colorado. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2(1):221-223
Belongs to Lithadothrips according to L. A. Mound and A. Hastenpflug-Vesmanis 2021
See also Scudder 1875, Scudder 1877 and Scudder 1890
Sister taxon: Lithadothrips cucullata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Fossil Cañon, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large shale in the Green River Formation of Utah
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Fossil Cañon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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