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Melanthripidae

Melanthripidae is a family of thrips belonging to the order Thysanoptera. Members of the family, covered with gymnosperm pollen, were found in Cretaceous Spanish amber about 110-105 million years old. They are believed to have been pollinators of the Ginkgoales.

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Melanthripidae
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Present
Melanthrips ficalbii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Melanthripidae
Bagnall, 1913

Melanthripidae is a family of thrips belonging to the order Thysanoptera.1 Members of the family, covered with gymnosperm pollen, were found in Cretaceous Spanish amber about 110-105 million years old. They are believed to have been pollinators of the Ginkgoales.2

Genera:1

  • Ankothrips Crawford, 1909
  • †Archankothrips Priesner, 1924
  • Cranothrips Bagnall, 1915
  • Dorythrips Hood, 1931
  • †Eocranothrips Bagnall, 1927
  • †Gymnopollisthrips Peñalver, Nel & Nel, 1927
  • Melanthrips Haliday, 1836
  • †Proboscisthrips Ulitzka, 2017
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References

  1. "Melanthripidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. Carmen Soriano, Paul Tafforeau, André Nel, Patricia Nel, Xavier Delclòs (2012). "Thrips pollination of Mesozoic gymnosperms". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (22): 8623–8628. doi:10.1073/pnas.1120499109. hdl:20.500.12468/380. PMC 3365147. PMID 22615414.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)