Melanthripidae is a family of
thrips
Thrips (Order (biology) , order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Entomologists have species description , described approximately 7,700 species. They fly on ...
belonging to the order
Thysanoptera.
Members of the family, covered with gymnosperm pollen, were found in
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...
Spanish amber about 110-105 million years old. They are believed to have been pollinators of the
Ginkgoales.
Genera:
* ''
Ankothrips''
Crawford, 1909
* †''
Archankothrips''
Priesner, 1924
* ''
Cranothrips''
Bagnall, 1915
* ''
Dorythrips''
Hood, 1931
* †''
Eocranothrips''
Bagnall, 1927
* †''
Gymnopollisthrips''
Peñalver, Nel & Nel, 1927
* ''
Melanthrips''
Haliday, 1836
* †''
Proboscisthrips''
Ulitzka, 2017
References
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Thrips