†Thripidae ssp. (1)

Nomenclatural details

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Biology and distribution

This specimen cannot be further identified. The habitus and the pointed wing tips indicate that it might belong most likely to the family Thripidae.

Distribution: This fossil comes from the Eocene deposits of the Green River Formation, Parachute Creek Member, Douglas Pass, Colorado USA.

References

Scudder SH (1878) The fossil insects of the Green River Shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4 (4):747–776.

Type information

♀: Collection Ulitzka.