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Permothrips

Permothrips is an extinct genus of thrips from the Archescytinidae family that is notable for being one of the oldest records of thrips to date. The type species was described by A. V. Martynov in 1935 on the basis of PIN 2506/4, a single exoskeleton found in Sedy, Russia. It was probably a fungus feeding ancestor of the Mesozoic thrips.

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Permothrips
Temporal range: Early Permian,
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: †Archescytinidae
Genus: †Permothrips
Martynov, 1935
Type species
†Permothrips longipennis
Martynov, 1935

Permothrips is an extinct genus of thrips from the Archescytinidae family1 that is notable for being one of the oldest records of thrips to date. The type species (P. longipennis) was described by A. V. Martynov in 1935 on the basis of PIN 2506/4, a single exoskeleton found in Sedy, Russia.2 It was probably a fungus feeding ancestor of the Mesozoic thrips.3

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  1. A. G. Sharov. (1972). On phylogenetic relations of the order of thrips (Thysanoptera). Entomological Review 54:854-858
  2. A. V. Martynov. (1935). A find of Thysanoptera in the Permian deposits. Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS 3(7):333-336
  3. Grimaldi, D.; Shmakov, A.; Fraser, N. (2004). "Mesozoic Thrips and Early Evolution of the Order Thysanoptera (Insecta)". Journal of Paleontology. 78 (5): 941–952. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0941:mtaeeo>2.0.co;2. JSTOR 4094919.