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Merothrips balticus

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Merothripidae

Taxonomy
Merothrips balticus was named by Ulitzka (2015). Its type specimen is SMF T 19265, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Senckenberg Frankfurt (SMF) collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Merothrips balticus Ulitzka p. 215 figs. 2, 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
superorderThripidaFallen 1814
orderThysanopteraHaliday 1836
suborderTerebrantiaHaliday 1836
familyMerothripidaeHood 1914
genusMerothripsHood 1912
speciesbalticus

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 balticus Ulitzka 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available