Hispanothripsfrom Early Cretaceous Spanish amber, a new genus of the resurrected family Stenurothripidae (Insecta: Thysanoptera)

Abstract

Abstract. During a palaeontological excavation of amber at the site named San Just, in the UtrillasEscucha area of Teruel Province, northeastern Spain, a rich fauna from the Albian (Early Cretaceous) was discovered. Among it, three specimens of Thysanoptera were found that are here attributed to the new genus Hispanothrips n. gen. in the family Stenurothripidae Bagnall 1923. Phylogenetic analyses were conducted that support the resurrection of the family Stenurothripidae and its replacement for Adiheterothripidae Shumsher 1946.

New stenurothripid thrips from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Thysanoptera, Stenurothripidae)

“… Stenurothripidae Bagnall, 1923 are a rather small family of Terebrantia , which includes six extant species and 19 extinct species, among which about half of the species were found in Baltic amber ( ThripsWiki 2023 ). The most significant feature of this family is the antenna with nine antennomeres and a broad-based conical sensorium on antennomeres III and IV ( Peñalver and Nel 2010 ; Nel et al 2012 ). Extant genera of this family were once placed in Adiheterothripidae ( Bhatti 2006 ), but the family was subsequently resurrected and removed from synonymy ( Peñalver and Nel 2010 ).…”

“…The most significant feature of this family is the antenna with nine antennomeres and a broad-based conical sensorium on antennomeres III and IV ( Peñalver and Nel 2010 ; Nel et al 2012 ). Extant genera of this family were once placed in Adiheterothripidae ( Bhatti 2006 ), but the family was subsequently resurrected and removed from synonymy ( Peñalver and Nel 2010 ).…”

Ankothrips, the most ancient extant thrips genus (Thysanoptera, Melanthripidae)

“…Terebrantia attributed to the families Thripidae, Stenurothripidae, Melanthripidae, Merothripidae, and Aeolothripidae are described from inclusions in resins of Lebanon and Spain, and compressions from Baissa (Transbaikalia; zur Strassen 1973; Bhatti 1979, 1986; Shmakov 2009; Nel et al . 2010; Peñalver & Nel 2010; Ulitzka 2018; Tong et al . 2019).…”