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Merothrips dietrichi

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Merothripidae

Taxonomy
Heterothrips dietrichi was named by Schliephake (2003). Its type specimen is Dietrich coll. 28.00332.02, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Kiesgruben west of Sarstedt, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Germany.

It was recombined as Merothrips dietrichi by Ulitzka and Mound (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Heterothrips dietrichi Schliephake p. 179 fig. 1
2017Merothrips dietrichi Ulitzka and Mound p. 574 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
superorderThripidaFallen 1814
orderThysanopteraHaliday 1836
suborderTerebrantiaHaliday 1836
familyMerothripidaeHood 1914
genusMerothripsHood 1912
speciesdietrichi()

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.

Merothrips dietrichi Schliephake 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Heterothrips dietrichi (type locality: 160460)