† 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) Five new species of Rohrthrips (Thysanoptera: Rohrthripidae) from Burmese amber, and the evolution of Tubulifera wings. Zootaxa 4585 (1): 27-40.

(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.