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Archankothrips

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Melanthripidae

Taxonomy

Archankothrips was named by Priesner (1924). Its type is Archankothrips pugionifer.

It was assigned to Melanthripinae by Schliephake (1993), Schliephake (2000) and Schliephake (2001); to Aeolothripidae by Priesner (1924), Mound (1968) and Schliephake (2005); and to Melanthripidae by Ulitzka (2017) and Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis (2021).

Species

A. hoffeinsianus, A. medisetosus, A. pugionifer (type species), A. varicornis (syn. A. zawirskae)

Synonyms

Promelanthrips was named by Priesner (1929).

It was synonymized subjectively with Archanakothrips by Schliephake (2005).

It was assigned to Aeolothripidae by Priesner (1929).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1924	Archankothrips Priesner p. 132
1929	Promelanthrips Priesner p. 112
1968	Archankothrips Mound p. 153
1993	Archankothrips Schliephake p. 217
2000	Archankothrips Schliephake p. 220
2001	Archankothrips Schliephake p. 18
2005	Archanakothrips Schliephake
2017	Archankothrips Ulitzka p. 206
2021	Archankothrips Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis p. 7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Clareocercaria
—	Acercaria	()
superorder	Pancondylognatha
—	Condylognatha
superorder	Thripida	Fallen 1814
order	Thysanoptera	Haliday 1836
suborder	Terebrantia	Haliday 1836
family	Melanthripidae	()
genus	Archankothrips

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. †Archankothrips Priesner 1924

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†Archankothrips hoffeinsianus Schliephake 2000

†Archankothrips medisetosus Schliephake 1993

†Archankothrips pugionifer Priesner 1924

†Archankothrips varicornis Bagnall 1923

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Invalid names: Archankothrips zawirskae Schliephake 2001 [synonym]

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 (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Poland	A. varicornis, A. pugionifer, A. zawirskae (120813)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Germany (Halle)	A. hoffeinsianus (124273) A. medisetosus (129227)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Germany	A. medisetosus (160460)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	A. pugionifer (127170) A. varicornis, A. medisetosus (196706) Melanothrips varicornis (123927)