Melanthripidae

 ( Thrips ) 

Melanthripidae is a family of thrips belonging to the order Thysanoptera. Members of the family, covered with gymnosperm pollen, were found in Cretaceous Spanish amber about 110-105 million years old. They are believed to have been pollinators of the Ginkgoales.

Genera:

• Ankothrips Crawford, 1909
• † Archankothrips Priesner, 1924
• Cranothrips Bagnall, 1915
• Dorythrips Hood, 1931
• † Eocranothrips Bagnall, 1927
• † Gymnopollisthrips Peñalver, Nel & Nel, 1927
• Melanthrips Haliday, 1836
• † Proboscisthrips Ulitzka, 2017