Melanthripidae

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