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Avithrips yellae

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae

Taxonomy
Avithrips yellae was named by Ulitzka (2024). Its type specimen is MU-Fos-128/1, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Tilin amber (Ulitzka MU-Fos collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Kabaw Formation of Myanmar. It is the type species of Avithrips.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Avithrips yellae Ulitzka p. 101 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
superorderThripidaFallen 1814
orderThysanopteraHaliday 1836
suborderTerebrantiaHaliday 1836
familyMelanthripidae()
genusAvithrips
speciesyellae

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.

Avithrips yellae Ulitzka 2024
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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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Myanmar Avithrips yellae (type locality: 235860)