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Tethysthrips attenboroughi

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Thripidae

Taxonomy
Tethysthrips attenboroughi was named by Peñalver et al. (2025). Its type specimen is MCNA 12629a, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Tethysthrips attenboroughi Peñalver et al. p. 2 figs. 1, 2, S1-S5

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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
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderHolothysanoptera
orderThysanopteraHaliday 1836
suborderTerebrantiaHaliday 1836
familyThripidaeStevens 1829
subfamilyThripinaeStevens 1829
genusTethysthrips
speciesattenboroughi

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.

†Tethysthrips attenboroughi Peñalver et al. 2025
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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 Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Álava) Tethysthrips attenboroughi (107098 type locality: 108769)