† 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

Ulitzka, MR (2022) New genera and species of Rohrthripidae (Thysanoptera: Tubulifera) from Burmese Cretaceous amber. Zootaxa 5162 (1): 1–36.

(Genus described in:
Nel P, Penalver E, Azar D, Hodebert G & Nel A (2010) Modern families Thripidae and Phlaeothripidae in Early Cretaceous amber (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 46: 154–163.)

Type information

Holotype ♀: Collection Ulitzka.