Permothrips

{{short description|Extinct genus of thrip}}

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| fossil_range = Early Permian, {{fossilrange|272.5|268.0}}

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| taxon = Permothrips

| authority = Martynov, 1935

| type_species = {{extinct}}Permothrips longipennis

| type_species_authority = Martynov, 1935

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Permothrips is an extinct genus of thrips from the Archescytinidae familyA. G. Sharov. (1972). On phylogenetic relations of the order of thrips (Thysanoptera). Entomological Review 54:854-858 that is notable for being one of the oldest records of thrips to date. The type species (P. longipennis) was described by A. V. Martynov in 1935 on the basis of PIN 2506/4, a single exoskeleton found in Sedy, Russia.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 It was probably a fungus feeding ancestor of the Mesozoic thrips.{{cite journal |author1=Grimaldi, D.|author2=Shmakov, A.|author3=Fraser, N. |title=Mesozoic Thrips and Early Evolution of the Order Thysanoptera (Insecta) |journal=Journal of Paleontology |year=2004 |jstor=4094919 |volume=78 |issue=5 |pages=941–952 |doi=10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0941:mtaeeo>2.0.co;2}}