Melanthripidae Explained

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:

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Melanthripidae . www.gbif.org . 30 June 2021 . en.
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. 10.1073/pnas.1120499109. free . https://web.archive.org/web/20190502165608/https://www.pnas.org/content/109/22/8623. May 2, 2019. live. 20.500.12468/380. free.