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Hercinothrips extinctus Stannard 1956 (thrips)

Insecta - Thysanoptera - Thripidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 277127

Full reference: L. J. Stannard. 1956. Two new fossil thrips from Baltic amber (Thysanoptera; Terebrantia). Fieldiana Zoology 34:453-460

Belongs to Hercinothrips according to L. J. Stannard 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FMNH A-2, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (Field Museum FMNH coll), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

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Average measurements (in mm): body length 0.800