†Alavathrips moralesi Peñalver et al. 2022 (thrips)
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Insecta - Thysanoptera - Rohrthripidae
Full reference: E. Peñalver, A. Nel, and P. Nel. 2022. An apterous Tubulifera (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae) preserved in Spanish Cretaceous amber. Historical Biology 34:1381-1387
Belongs to Alavathrips according to M. R. Ulitzka 2022
See also Peñalver et al. 2022
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCNA-13362, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop II, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop II
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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