† 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 the genus Heterothrips (Thysanoptera) Zootaxa 4231(4): 573-576. LINK

Type information

Holotype ♀: Collection Ulitzka.