Liposcelididae

Liposcelididae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present
Liposcelis sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Nanopsocetae
Family: Liposcelididae
Subfamilies

Liposcelididae (historically often referred to as "Liposcelidae") is a family of booklice of the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha. Members of this family are small and flattened, and often wingless. Mesothorax and metathorax fused in wingless forms.

The family contains close to 200 species, arranged in nine genera which make up one smaller and one larger subfamily:

Subfamily Embidopsocinae

Subfamily Liposcelidinae

†Cretoscelis Grimaldi and Engel 2006 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  2. ↑ Handbooks For The Identification of British Insects
  3. ↑ Mockford, Edward L.; Krushelnycky, Paul D. (9 May 2008). "New species and records of Liposcelis Motschulsky (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) from Hawaii with first description of the male of Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel". Zootaxa (1766): 53–68.