Permothrips
| Permothrips Temporal range: Early Permian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Family: | Archescytinidae |
| Genus: | †Permothrips Martynov, 1935 |
| Type species | |
| †Permothrips longipennis Martynov, 1935
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Permothrips is an extinct genus of thrip from the Archescytinidae family[1] that is notable for being the oldest record of thrips to date. The type species (P. longipennis) was described on the basis of PIN 2506/4, a single exoskeleton found in Sedy, Russia.[2] It was probably a fungus feeding ancestor of the Mesozoic thrips.[3]
References
- ^ A. G. Sharov. 1972. On phylogenetic relations of the order of thrips (Thysanoptera). Entomological Review 54:854-858
- ^ A. V. Martynov. 1935. A find of Thysanoptera in the Permian deposits. Comptes Rendus (Doklady) de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS 3(7):333-336
- ^ Grimaldi, D.; Shmakov, A.; Fraser, N. (2004). "Mesozoic Thrips and Early Evolution of the Order Thysanoptera (Insecta)". Journal of Paleontology. 78 (5): 941–952. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0941:mtaeeo>2.0.co;2. JSTOR 4094919.
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