''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 Eocene of France by Patricia Nel and André Nel in 2012. The specific name (zoology), species name refers to the age it existed in.
The group name is in honour of Jindřich Uzel, 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 ''Eucalyptus major''.
References
External links
''Uzelothrips''at the Paleobiology Database
Insects of Australia
Terebrantia
Thrips genera
Eocene animals of Europe
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