''Uzelothrips'' is a genus of

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, and the only genus in the family Uzelothripidae. Up until 2012 it contained a single species, ''U. scabrosus'', known from

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. In 2012 a new extinct species, ''U. eocenicus'', was described from the lowermost

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by Patricia Nel and André Nel in 2012. The

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refers to the age it existed in. The group name is in honour of Jindřich (or Heinrich) Uzel, a Czech entomologist who published the first monograph on the thrips. The family is identified by the whip-like tip to the antenna. ''U. scabrosus'' is known to inhabit dead debris from plants in the genera '' Hevea'' and '' Bixa'', as well as the species ''

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''.

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''Uzelothrips''
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