Uzelothrips is a genus of thrips, and the only genus in the family Uzelothripidae. Up until 2012 it contained a single species, U. scabrosus, known from Belém, Brazil; Brisbane, Australia; Singapore, and Angola. In 2012 a new extinct species, U. eocenicus, was described from the lowermost EoceneofFrance by Patricia Nel and André Nel in 2012. The species name refers to the age it existed in.[2] The group name is in honour of Jindřich (or Heinrich) Uzel, a Czech entomologist who published the first monograph on the thrips.[3] The family is identified by the whip-like tip to the antenna.[4]
| Uzelothrips
Lower Eocene – Recent | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Thysanoptera |
| Suborder: | Terebrantia |
| Family: | Uzelothripidae Hood, 1952 |
| Genus: | Uzelothrips Hood, 1952 |
U. scabrosus is known to inhabit dead debris from plants in the genera Hevea and Bixa, as well as the species Eucalyptus major.[2]
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