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Merothrips aithiopicus

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Merothripidae

Taxonomy
Merothrips aithiopicus was named by Ulitzka (2020). Its type specimen is NHMW N6974, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ethiopian amber (NHMW collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Ethiopia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Merothrips aithiopicus Ulitzka p. 284 figs. 1-4

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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
familyMerothripidaeHood 1914
genusMerothripsHood 1912
speciesaithiopicus

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 aithiopicus Ulitzka 2020
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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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Ethiopia Merothripidae indet. (type locality: 151982)