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Archescytinidae

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Archescytinidae
Temporal range: Early Permian-Early Jurassic,[1]
298.9–175.6 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Archescytinidae
Tillyard, 1926
Type genus
Archescytina
Tillyard, 1926
Genera[2]

Archescytinidae is an extinct family of fungus-feeding thrips belonging to the order Thysanoptera that was first defined by Robert John Tillyard in 1926.[3][2] They are the oldest known thrips family and they existed between the Asselian epoch of the Early Permian and the Toarcian epoch of the Early Jurassic.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b "Archescytinidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ Tillyard, R. J. (1926). Kansas Permian Insects, Part 9: The Order Hemiptera. American Journal of Science, Series 5 11(65):381-395