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Melanthrips

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae

Taxonomy
Melanthrips was named by Haliday (1836). It is extant. It is the type genus of Melanothripinae.

It was assigned to Aeolothripidae by Priesner (1929); to Thripidae by Park and Downing (2001); and to Melanthripidae by Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Melanthrips Haliday
1929Melanthrips Priesner p. 114
2001Melanothrips Park and Downing p. 179
2021Melanthrips Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderHolothysanoptera
orderThysanopteraHaliday 1836
suborderTerebrantiaHaliday 1836
familyMelanthripidae()
genusMelanthripsHaliday 1836

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Melanthrips Haliday 1836
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†Melanothrips annulicornis Bagnall 1923
†Melanothrips extincta Scudder 1875
†Melanthrips extincta Scudder 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available