Melanthripidae
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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]
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Melanthripidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Thysanoptera |
Family: | Melanthripidae Bagnall, 1913 |
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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