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Tubulifera

insect suborder
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The Tubulifera is a suborder of insects within the order Thysanoptera, commonly known as thrips. Thrips are tiny, winged insects, with most species measuring between 1.5 to 3 mm in length. A key characteristic distinguishing the Tubulifera from the other suborder, Terebrantia, is that the last abdominal segment in Tubulifera is tubular, whereas in Terebrantia it is split ventrally. Females in the Tubulifera suborder lack an ovipositor, unlike those in the Terebrantia. The sole family currently assigned to the Tubulifera is Phlaeothripidae, found worldwide and known from fossils dating back to the Oligocene epoch.12

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