fossil species
† Eocranothrips annulicornis
Biology and distribution
Fossil species; described from inclusions Baltic amber (E. annulicornis, E. compacticornis) and Saxonian amber (E. leptocerus).
References
Bagnall RS (1923) Fossil Thysanoptera I, Terebrantia Pt. I. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 59: 35–38.
Bagnall RS (1926) Fossil Thysanoptera IV. Melanothripidae. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 60: 16–17.
Schliephake G (1999) Fossil thrips (Thysanoptera, Insecta) of the Baltic (North- and Baltic Sea) and Saxonian (Bitterfeldian) Tertiary Amber from the Collections of Hoffeins. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 46(1): 83–100.
Ulitzka MR (2017) Revision of the fossil Melanthripidae from Baltic Tertiary (Eocene) amber including a new genus (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Entomologische Zeitschrift 127 (4): 205–212.
Type information
Holotype (E. annulicornis) ♀: The Natural History Museum, London.
Holotype (E. compacticornis) ♂: Collection Hoffeins, Hamburg.
Holotype (E. leptocerus) ♀: Collection Hoffeins, Hamburg.