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- Title
New stenurothripid thrips from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Thysanoptera, Stenurothripidae).
- Authors
Dawei Guo; Engel, Michael S.; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren
- Abstract
Hitherto, only two species of the thysanopteran suborder Terebrantia have been reported from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Myanmar). This is here expanded through the discovery of two new genera and species, described and figured as Parallelothrips separatus gen. et sp. nov. and Didymothrips abdominalis gen. et sp. nov., both of the family Stenurothripidae. Both taxa have key apomorphies of the Stenurothripidae, allowing for a confident assignment as to family. Both species have characteristic comb-like anteromarginal setae, which are discussed along with structural differences between the two sexes. Cycad pollen was found on the thrips’ bodies, providing further evidence that Thysanoptera were pollinators of gymnosperms during the mid-Cretaceous.
- Subjects
THRIPS; INSECT pollinators; CYCADS; POLLEN; GYMNOSPERMS; INSECT anatomy; POLLINATORS
- Publication
ZooKeys, 2024, Issue 1192, p197
- ISSN
1313-2989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/zookeys.1192.117754