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Melanthripidae
Taxonomy
Melanothripinae was named by Bagnall (1913). It is extant. Its type is Melanthrips.
It was corrected as Melanthripinae by Schliephake (1999), Schliephake (2000), Schliephake (2001) and Schliephake (2003); it was reranked as the family Melanthripidae by Peñalver et al. (2012), Ulitzka (2017) and Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis (2021).
It was assigned to Aeolothripidae by Bagnall (1913), Schliephake (1999), Schliephake (2000), Schliephake (2001) and Schliephake (2003); to Thysanoptera by Peñalver et al. (2012); and to Terebrantia by Ulitzka (2017) and Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis (2021).
It was corrected as Melanthripinae by Schliephake (1999), Schliephake (2000), Schliephake (2001) and Schliephake (2003); it was reranked as the family Melanthripidae by Peñalver et al. (2012), Ulitzka (2017) and Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis (2021).
It was assigned to Aeolothripidae by Bagnall (1913), Schliephake (1999), Schliephake (2000), Schliephake (2001) and Schliephake (2003); to Thysanoptera by Peñalver et al. (2012); and to Terebrantia by Ulitzka (2017) and Mound and Hastenpflug-Vesmanis (2021).
Subtaxa
Ankothrips, Archankothrips, Eocranothrips, Gymnopollisthrips, Melanthrips (type genus), Proboscisthrips
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Melanothripinae Bagnall |
| 1999 | Melanthripinae Schliephake p. 85 |
| 2000 | Melanthripinae Schliephake p. 220 |
| 2001 | Melanthripinae Schliephake p. 18 |
| 2003 | Melanthripinae Schliephake p. 172 |
| 2012 | Melanthripidae Peñalver et al. |
| 2017 | Melanthripidae Ulitzka |
| 2021 | Melanthripidae 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.
Fm. Melanthripidae Bagnall 1913
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G. Ankothrips Crawford 1909
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†Ankothrips deploegi Nel et al. 2020
†Ankothrips dupeae Nel et al. 2020
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]
G. †Eocranothrips Bagnall 1926
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†Eocranothrips annulicornis Bagnall 1923
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Invalid names: Eocranothrips compacticornis Schliephake 1999 [synonym], Eocranothrips leptocerus Schliephake 1999 [synonym]
†Eocranothrips samlandii Schliephake 1999
G. †Gymnopollisthrips Peñalver et al. 2012
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†Gymnopollisthrips maior Peñalver et al. 2012
†Gymnopollisthrips minor Peñalver et al. 2012
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
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 105.30000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Albian | Spain (Álava) | Gymnopollisthrips minor, Gymnopollisthrips maior (108769) | |
| Turonian | France | Ankothrips dupeae (164386) | |
| Ypresian | France (Oise) | Ankothrips deploegi (123850) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Colorado) | Melanothrips extincta (121146) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Archankothrips varicornis, Archankothrips pugionifer, Archankothrips zawirskae (120813) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation | Eocranothrips samlandi (123419) | |
| Priabonian | Germany (Halle) | Archankothrips medisetosus (129227) Eocranothrips leptocerus, Archankothrips hoffeinsianus (124273) | |
| Priabonian | Germany | Archankothrips medisetosus (160460) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | Eocranothrips sp. (113621) | |
| Priabonian | Denmark | Eocranothrips compacticornis (172768) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Archankothrips pugionifer (127170) Eocranothrips annulicornis, Archankothrips varicornis, Archankothrips medisetosus, Eocranothrips samlandii (196706) Eocranothrips compacticornis (110735) Melanothrips varicornis, Melanothrips annulicornis (123927) Melanthrips annulicornis (124073) Proboscisthrips mammuthoides (123928) | |
| Rupelian | France | Melanthrips sp. (146907) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (California) | Melanothrips sp. (106431) Melanthripinae indet. (123022) |