† 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 dem Bernstein des Tertiär des Bitterfelder Raumes (3. Beitrag: Thripidae, Panchaetothripinae). Entomol. Nachr. Ber. Dresden 41: 66–67.

Type information

Holotype ♀ (A. latipennis): Unknown; lost during Second World War.

Holotype ♀ (A. hoffeinsi): Collection Hoffeins, Hamburg.