Sphaeropsocidae
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| Sphaeropsocidae Temporal range:
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| File:Sphaeropsocus kuenowii.jpg | |
| Sphaeropsocus kuenowii | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Nanopsocetae |
| Family: | Sphaeropsocidae |
| Genera | |
Sphaeropsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha.[1] Females of this family have reduced, beetle-like elytra, and lack hindwings, with males have either small or absent wings.[2] The family comprises 22 known species (four of them fossils) in eight genera.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]- †Asphaeropsocites Azar et al. 2010 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)[3]
- Badonnelia Pearman, 1953 Chile, Recent (except Badonnelia titei, which is found alongside humans in Europe and North America)[4]
- Sphaeropsocopsis North America,[5] South America, St Helena, Recent
- Sphaeropsocus Baltic amber, Eocene, Southeastern US (Recent)[2]
- †Sphaeropsocites Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)[6]
- †Sphaeropsocoides Canadian amber, Late Cretaceous (Campanian)[6]
- Globopsocus
- Prosphaeropsocus California, Recent[5]
- Troglosphaeropsocus Arizona, Recent[5]
References
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- ^ D. Azar, M. S. Engel, and D. A. Grimaldi. 2010. A new genus of sphaeropsocid bark lice from the Early Cretaceous amber of Lebanon (Psocodea: Sphaeropsocidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:103-107
- ^ Mockford, Edward L. 2005. "First New World Record for Badonnelia Titei (Insecta: Psocoptera: Sphaeropsocidae)," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 38 (2) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol38/iss2/1
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- Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Museum of Natural History, Geneva, Switzerland.
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