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Melanthrips
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).
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1836 | Melanthrips Haliday |
| 1929 | Melanthrips Priesner p. 114 |
| 2001 | Melanothrips Park and Downing p. 179 |
| 2021 | Melanthrips Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis p. 7 |
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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 50.30000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | USA (Colorado) | Melanothrips extincta (121146) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Melanothrips annulicornis (123927) | |
| Rupelian | France | M. sp. (146907) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (California) | Melanothrips sp. (106431) |