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† Phlaeothrips schlechtendali

Nomenclatural details Phloeothrips schlechtendali Bagnall, 1929: 96. Biology and distribution Fossil from Baltic Eocene Amber. References Bagnall RS (1929) Fossil Thysanoptera V. Tubulifera Pt. I. Entomologist's monthly Magazine. 65: 95–100. Type information Holotype♀: The Natural History Museum, London. Read More
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† Proleeuwenia succini

Nomenclatural details Proleeuwenia succini Priesner, 1924: 148. Biology and distribution Fossil from Baltic Eocene amber. The female described by Priesner (1924) was micropterous, however, the male (Collection Ulitzka) rather appears dealate. References Priesner H (1924) Bernstein-Thysanopteren. Entomologische Mitteilungen 13: 130–151. Type information Holotype ♀: Lost during World War II (formerly collection Fritsch, part of the... Read More
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† Parahoplothrips nicolaji

Nomenclatural details Parahoplothrips nicolaji Schliephake, 2003: 178. Biology and distribution Fossil from Baltic Eocene amber. References Schliephake G (2003) Fossile Thysanoptera (Insecta) aus dem Baltischen Bernstein. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 87: 171–182. Type information Holotype ♂: Collection Hoffeins, Hamburg. Read More
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† Incertothrips hoffeinsorum

Nomenclatural details Incertothrips hoffeinsorum Schliephake, 2000: 224. Biology and distribution Fossil in Saxonian amber, Germany. One further find in Baltic amber from Gdansk, Poland (Collection Ulitzka).  References Schliephake (2000) Neue Fransenflügler aus dem Baltischen und Bitterfelder Bernstein (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Mitt. Geol.-Palaeont. Inst. Univ. Hamburg 84: 219-230. Typen Holotype ♀: Collection Hoffeins, Hamburg. Read More
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† Rohrthrips schizovenatus

Nomenclatural details Rohrthrips schizovenatus Ulitzka, 2019: 33. Biology and distribution Fossil species. Inclusion in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burmit). Species of Rohrhrips most likely fed on fungal spores. References Ulitzka, MR (2019) Five new species of Rohrthrips (Thysanoptera: Rohrthripidae) from Burmese amber, and the evolution of Tubulifera wings. Zootaxa 4585 (1): 27-40. Link (Genus described in: Nel P,... Read More
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† Rohrthrips patrickmuelleri

Nomenclatural details Rohrthrips patrickmuelleri Ulitzka, 2019: 32. Biology and distribution Fossil species. Inclusion in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burmit). Species of Rohrhrips most likely fed on fungal spores. References Ulitzka, MR (2019) Five new species of Rohrthrips (Thysanoptera: Rohrthripidae) from Burmese amber, and the evolution of Tubulifera wings. Zootaxa 4585 (1): 27-40. Link (Genus described in: Nel P,... Read More
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† Rohrthrips maryae

Nomenclatural details Rohrthrips maryae Ulitzka, 2019: 30. Biology and distribution Fossil species. Inclusion in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burmit). Species of Rohrhrips most likely fed on fungal spores. References Ulitzka, MR (2019) Five new species of Rohrthrips (Thysanoptera: Rohrthripidae) from Burmese amber, and the evolution of Tubulifera wings. Zootaxa 4585 (1): 27-40. Link (Genus described in: Nel P,... Read More
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† Rohrthrips jiewenae

Nomenclatural details Rohrthrips jiewenae Ulitzka, 2019: 30. Biology and distribution Fossil species. Inclusion in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burmit). Species of Rohrhrips most likely fed on fungal spores. References Ulitzka, MR (2019) Five new species of Rohrthrips (Thysanoptera: Rohrthripidae) from Burmese amber, and the evolution of Tubulifera wings. Zootaxa 4585 (1): 27-40. Link (Genus described in: Nel P,... Read More
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† Rohrthrips breviceps

Nomenclatural details Rohrthrips breviceps Ulitzka, 2019: 29. Biology and distribution Fossil species. Inclusion in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burmit). Species of Rohrhrips most likely fed on fungal spores. References Ulitzka, MR (2019) Five new species of Rohrthrips (Thysanoptera: Rohrthripidae) from Burmese amber, and the evolution of Tubulifera wings. Zootaxa 4585 (1): 27-40. Link (Genus described in: Nel P,... Read More
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† Opadothrips sexspinosus

Nomenclatural details Opadothrips sexspinosus Priesner, 1929: 115. Biology and distribution Fossil from Baltic Eocene amber. References Priesner H (1929) Bernstein-Thysanopteren II. Bernsteinforschung 1: 111–138. Type information Neotype ♂: Collection Ulitzka (unpublished); Holotype lost during World War II. Read More
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† Hoffeinsithrips teuberi

Nomenclatural details Hoffeinsithrips teuberi Schliephake, 2001: 199. Biology and distribution Fossil from Baltic Eocene amber. References Schliephake, G. (2001) Weitere neue Funde fossiler Fransenflügler aus dem Baltischen Bernstein (Insecta, Thysanoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 85: 197–201. Type information Holotype ♀: Collection Ulitzka. Read More
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† Myanmarothrips pankowskiorum

Nomenclatural details Myanmarothrips pankowskiorum Ulitzka, 2018: 551. Biology and distribution Fossils from Burmese amber (Burmite). During the Cretaceous M. pankowskiorum presumably was widespread and very common. Possibly, it had a mass flight behaviour like extant thunder bugs. Pieces of amber have been recorded containing up to 150 specimens . References Ulitzka, MR (2018) A first survey of Cretaceous... Read More
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† Rohrthrips burmiticus

Nomenclatural details Rohrthrips burmiticus Ulitzka, 2018: 554. Biology and distribution Fossil species. Inclusion in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Burmit). Species of Rohrhrips most likely fed on fungal spores. References Ulitzka, MR (2018) A first survey of Cretaceous thrips from Burmese amber including the establishment of a new family of Tubulifera (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Zootaxa 4486 (4): 548–558. Ulitzka, MR (2019)... Read More
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† Archankothrips pugionifer

Nomenclatural details Archankothrips pugionifer Priesner, 1924: 132. Biology and distribution Fossiles from Baltic amber. References Priesner H (1924) Bernstein-Thysanopteren. Entomologische Mitteilungen 13: 130–151. Schliephake G (1993) Beiträge zur Kenntnis fossiler Fransenflügler (Thysanoptera) aus dem Bernstein des Tertiär, 2. Beitrag: Aeolothripidae (Melanthripinae) und Thripidae (Dendrothripinae und Thripinae). Zool. Jb. Syst. Jena 120: 215–251. Schliephake G (2001) Thysanoptera (Insecta)... Read More
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† Polygonothrips apertosetosus

Nomenclatural details Polygonothrips apertosetosus Schliephake, 1999: 98. Biology and distribution Fossil from Baltic Eocene amber. References Schliephake (1999) Fossil thrips (Thysanoptera, Insecta) of the Baltic (North- and Baltic Sea) and Saxonian (Bitterfeldian) Tertiary Amber from the Collections of Hoffeins. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (Berlin) 46 (1): 83-100. Type information... Read More
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† Necrothrips nanus

Nomenclatural details Necrothrips nanus Priesner, 1924: 147. Comment: N. major Schliephake, 2000: 226-227 and N. mesus Schliephake, 2003: 177 are regarded here as synonyms of N. nanus. Each of those species is known exclusively from the holotype specimen and the three species seem to differ by only their body size. A forth specimen stored in the Collection... Read More
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† Archaeothrips latipennis

Nomenclatural details Archaeothrips latipennis Priesner, 1924: 138. Archaeothrips hoffeinsi Schliephake, 1997: 66. Genus information: Gerontothrips Priesner, 1949: 131. Unnecessary replacement name for Archaeothrips Priesner (Bhatti, 2006: 358-359). Biology and distribution Fossil species from Baltic and Saxonian amber. References Priesner H (1924) Bernstein-Thysanopteren. Entomologische Mitteilungen 13: 130–151. Schliephake (1997) Beitrag zur Kenntnis fossiler Fransenflügler (Thysanoptera) aus... Read More
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† Proboscisthrips mammuthoides

Nomenclatural details Proboscisthrips mammuthoides Ulitzka, 2017: 210. Biology and distribution Fossil in Baltic amber from Gdansk, Poland. References Ulitzka MR (2017) Revision of the fossil Melanthripidae from Baltic Tertiary (Eocene) amber including a new genus (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Entomologische Zeitschrift 127 (4): 205–212. Type information Holotype ♀ :  Collection Ulitzka. Read More
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† Eocranothrips annulicornis

Nomenclatural details Melanothrips annulicornis Bagnall, 1923: 36. Eocranothrips compacticornis Schliephake, 1999: 85. Synonymised by Ulitzka 2017: 208 Eocranothrips leptocerus Schliephake, 1999: 86. Synonymisised by Ulitzka 2017: 208. Biology and distribution Fossil species; described from inclusions Baltic amber (E. annulicornis, E. compacticornis) and Saxonian amber (E. leptocerus). References Bagnall RS (1923) Fossil Thysanoptera I, Terebrantia Pt. I. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 59: 35–38.... Read More
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† Merothrips dietrichi

Nomenclatural details Heterothrips dietrichi Schliephake, 2003: 179. Biologa and distribution Fossil from Baltic Eocene amber from a gravel pit near Starstedt, Germany.  References Schliephake G (2003) Fossile Thysanopteren im Bernstein aus Kiesgruben westlich von Sarstedt (Niedersachsen) Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 47: 179-181. Ulitzka MR & Mound LA (2017) The fossil species Merothrips dietrichi (Schliephake) comb.n. redescribed and transferred from... Read More
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† Protanaphothrips majoricornis

Nomenclatural details Anaphothrips majoricornis Schliephake, 1999: 90. Biology and distribution Fossils in Baltic amber from Usedom (Holotype) and from a gravel pit near Sarstedt, Germany (in Collection Ulitzka). References Schliephake (1999) Fossil thrips (Thysanoptera, Insecta) of the Baltic (North- and Baltic Sea) and Saxonian (Bitterfeldian) Tertiary Amber from the Collections of Hoffeins. Mitt. Mus. Nat. kd. Berl., Dtsch. entomol. Z. (Berlin) 46 (1):... Read More
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† Taeniothrips repositus

Nomenclatural details Taeniothrips (Physothrips) repositus Priesner, 1924: 142. Taeniothrips mucripositus Schliephake, 1993: 244. Biology and distribution Fossil in Baltic amber. References Schliephake (1993) Beiträge zur Kenntnis fossiler Fransenflügler (Thysanoptera) aus dem Bernstein des Tertiär, 2. Beitrag: Aeolothripidae (Melanthripinae) und Thripidae (Dendrothripinae und Thripinae). Zool. Jb. Syst. Jena 120: 215-251. Type information Holotype ♀ (T. mucripositus): Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Read More
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† Taeniothrips balticus

Nomenclatural details Taeniothrips (Balticothrips) balticus Schliephake, 1999: 96. Taeniothrips (Saxonothrips) amphoroideus Schliephake, 1999: 98. Taeniothrips (Saxonothrips) saxonicus Schliephake, 1999: 97. Biology and distribution Fossil in Baltic (T. balticus) and Saxonian (T. amphoroideus, T. saxonicus) amber. References Schliephake (1999) Fossil thrips (Thysanoptera, Insecta) of the Baltic (North and Baltic Sea) and Saxonian (Bitterfeldian) Tertiary Amber from the Collections of Hoffeins. Mitt. Mus.... Read More
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† Stenurothrips maximus

Nomenclatural details Stenurothrips maximus Schliephake, 1999: 84. Biology and distribution Fossil species described from Saxonian amber. Recorded also from Baltic amber. References Schliephake G (1999) Fossil thrips (Thysanoptera, Insecta) of the Baltic (North- and Baltic Sea) and Saxonian (Bitterfeldian) Tertiary Amber from the Collections of Hoffeins. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 46(1): 83-100.... Read More
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† Stenurothrips bagnalli

Nomenclatural details Stenurothrips bagnalli Stannard, 1956: 453. Biology and distribution Fossil in Baltic amber. References Stannard LJ (1956) Two new fossil thrips from Baltic Amber (Thysanoptera: Terebrantia). Fieldiana – Zoology 34: 453-460. Schliephake G (1990) Beiträge zur Kenntnis fossiler Fransenflügler (Thysanoptera) aus dem Bernstein des Tertiär. Erster Beitrag, Stenurothripidae. Zoology (Journal for pure and Applied Zoology) 2: 163-184. Type information... Read More
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† Rhipidothripoides juttae

Nomenclatural details Rhipidothripoides juttae Ulitzka, 2015: 90. Biology and distribution Fossil inclusion in Baltic Eocene amber from Lithuania. References Ulitzka M.R. (2015) Two new species of Aeolothripidae from Baltic Tertiary amber (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Palaeodiversity 8: 89–94. LINK Type information Holotype ♂: Collection Ulitzka. Read More
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† Praemerothrips hoodi

Nomenclatural details Praemerothrips hoodi Priesner, 1929: 134. Biology and distribution Fossil in Baltic Eocene amber. References Priesner H (1929) Bernstein-Thysanopteren II. Bernsteinforschung 1: 111-138. Ulitzka MR (2015) Praemerothrips hoodi Priesner, 1929 and Merothrips balticus sp. nov. – Two new fossils of Thrips from Baltic Tertiary amber (Thysanoptera: Merothripidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 125 (4): 213-216. Type information Holotype ♀: lost during World War II; Neotype ♀:... Read More
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† Oxythrips probus

Nomenclatural details Protoxythrips probus Schliephake, 1993: 234. Biology and distribution Fossils from Baltic and Saxonian amber. References Schliephake (1993) Beiträge zur Kenntnis fossiler Fransenflügler (Thysanoptera) aus dem Bernstein des Tertiär, 2. Beitrag: Aeolothripidae (Melanthripinae) und Thripidae (Dendrothripinae und Thripinae). Zool. Jb. Syst. Jena 120: 215-251. Type information Holotype ♀: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Read More
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† Oxythrips bagnalli

Nomenclatural details Oxythrips bagnalli Priesner, 1929: 128. Biology and distribution Fossil in Baltic amber. References Priesner H (1929) Bernstein-Thysanopteren II. Bernsteinforschung 1: 111–138. Type information Unknown. Read More
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† Opadothrips fritschianus

Nomenclatural details Opadothrips fritschianus Priesner, 1924: 133. Biology and distribution Fossil from Baltic Eocene amber. References Priesner H (1924) Bernstein-Thysanopteren. Entomologische Mitteilungen 13: 130–151. Type information Holotype ♂ lost during the Second World War; Neotype ♂: Collection Ulitzka (unpublished). Read More
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† Mymarothrips groehni

Nomenclatural details Mymarothrips groehni Ulitzka, 2015: 92. Biology and distribution Fossil from Baltic Eocene amber. References Ulitzka MR (2015) Two new species of Aeolothripidae from Baltic Tertiary amber (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Palaeodiversity 8: 89–94. LINK  Type information Holotype ♀: Collection Ulitzka. Read More
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† Merothrips balticus

Nomenclatural details Merothrips balticus Ulitzka, 2015: 215. Biology and distribution Fossil in Baltic Eocene amber from Gdansk, Poland. References Ulitzka, MR (2015) Praemerothrips hoodi Priesner, 1929 and Merothrips balticus sp. nov. – Two new fossils of Thrips from Baltic Tertiary amber (Thysanoptera: Merothripidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 125 (4): 213-216. Type information Holotype ♀: Collection Ulitzka. Read More
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† Eocranothrips samlandi

Nomenclatural details Eocranothrips samlandi Schliephake, 1999: 88. Biology and distribution Fossil in Baltic Eocene amber. References Schliephake G (1999) Fossil thrips (Thysanoptera, Insecta) of the Baltic (North- and Baltic Sea) and Saxonian (Bitterfeldian) Tertiary Amber from the Collections of Hoffeins. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 46(1): 83–100. Ulitzka MR (2017) Revision of... Read More
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† Caliothrips verae

Nomenclatural details Caliothrips verae Schliephake, 2003: 180. Biology and distribution Fossil from Baltic amber found in a gravel pit near Sarstedt, Germany. References Schliephake G (2003) Fossile Thysanopteren im Bernstein aus Kiesgruben westlich von Sarstedt (Niedersachsen) Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte 47: 179-181. Type information Holotype ♂: Collection Ulitzka. Read More
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† Archankothrips varicornis

Nomenclatural details Melanothrips varicornis Bagnall 1923: 36. Archankothrips zawirskae Schliephake, 2001: 19. Synonymised by Ulitzka 2017: 206. Biology and distribution Fossil species; described from Baltic amber (A. varicornis, A. zawirskae). References Bagnall RS (1923) Fossil Thysanoptera I, Terebrantia Pt. I. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 59: 35–38. Mound LA (1968) A review of R.S. Bagnall's Thysanoptera collections. Bulletin of the British Museum... Read More
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† Archankothrips medisetosus

Nomenclatural details Archankothrips medisetosus Schliephake, 1993: 217. Biology and distribution Fossil described from Tertiary Saxonian Amber, also recorded in Baltic amber. References Schliephake G (1993) Beiträge zur Kenntnis fossiler Fransenflügler (Thysanoptera) aus dem Bernstein des Tertiär, 2. Beitrag: Aeolothripidae (Melanthripinae) und Thripidae (Dendrothripinae und Thripinae). Zool. Jb. Syst. Jena 120: 215-251. Type information Holotype ♂: Paläontologisches Museum, Berlin. Read More

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