Melanthripidae

Melanthripidae Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–Present 110–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Melanthrips ficalbii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Thysanoptera
Family:	Melanthripidae Bagnall, 1913

Melanthripidae is a family of thrips belonging to the order Thysanoptera. ^[1] Members of the family, covered with gymnosperm pollen, were found in Cretaceous Spanish amber about 110-105 million years old. They are believed to have been pollinators of the Ginkgoales. ^[2]

Genera: ^[1]

• 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

1. "Melanthripidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
2. Carmen Soriano, Paul Tafforeau, André Nel, Patricia Nel, Xavier Delclòs (2012). "Thrips pollination of Mesozoic gymnosperms". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (22): 8623–8628. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1120499109 . hdl: 20.500.12468/380 . PMC   3365147 . PMID   22615414.