† 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 Ulitzka (collection number: MU-Fos-23/1; from Baltic amber) shows measurements between nanus und mesus. Further finds will be necessary to clear the relations within this genus.

Biology and distribution

Fossil from Baltic and Saxonian amber.

References

Priesner H (1924) Bernstein-Thysanopteren. Entomologische Mitteilungen 13: 130–151.

Schliephake G (2000) Neue Fransenflügler aus dem Baltischen und Bitterfelder Bernstein (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 84: 219-230.

Schliephake G (2003) Fossile Thysanoptera (Insecta) aus dem Baltischen Bernstein. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 78: 171-182.

Type information

Holotype (N. nanus) ♀: Lost during the Second World War (?)

Holotype (N. major) ♀: Collection Hoffeins, Hamburg.

Holotype (N. mesus) ♀: Sammlung des Geologisch-Paläontologischen Instituts der Universität Hamburg.