A new ‘primitive’ family of thrips from Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber (Insecta, Thysanoptera) |
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| Authors: | P Nel D Azar A Nel |
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| Institution: | aInstitut National Agronomique-Paris-Grignon, and Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, F–75005 Paris, France;bLebanese University, Faculty of Sciences II, Department of Biology, Fanar Matn, PO box 26110217, Lebanon;cCNRS UMR 5202, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CP 50, Entomologie, 45 Rue Buffon, F–75005 Paris, France |
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| Abstract: | A new family of thrips, Moundthripidae, is described on the basis of a new genus and species, Moundthrips beatificus, from Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber. This taxon has plesiomorphic prognathous mouthparts, a unique type of wing venation and the main apomorphies of the Thysanoptera of the legs and mouthpart structures, suggesting that they were acquired very early during the evolution of this order. |
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| Keywords: | Thysanoptera Moundthripidae fam gen and sp nov Cretaceous Lebanese amber |
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