The Oldest Members of the Families Aeolothripidae
and Thripidae (Insecta: Thysanoptera)
from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia

A. S. Shmakov

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, Moscow, 117997 Russia

e-mail: ashmakov@hotmail.com

Received August 4, 2008

AbstractFusithrips crassipes Shmakov, gen. et sp. nov. (Aeolothripidae) and Convexithrips robustus Shma-
kov, gen. sp. nov. (Thripidae), the oldest members of these families, are described from the Lower Cretaceous
of the Baissa locality. This allowed the improvement of the time of emergence of the Recent Thysanoptera
assemblage, which includes phloeothripids along with aeolothripids and thripids.

DOI: 10.1134/S003103010904011X

Key words: Thysanoptera, Aeolothripidae, Thripidae, new taxa, Lower Cretaceous, Transbaikalia, Russia.


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