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Liposcelididae

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Liposcelididae (historically often referred to as "Liposcelidae") is a family of booklice of the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha.[1] Members of this family are small and flattened, and often wingless. Mesothorax and metathorax fused in wingless forms.[2]

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.
  • Lienhard, C.; Smithers, C. N. (2002). "Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography". Instrumenta Biodiversitatis. Geneva: Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 5.
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Liposcelididae: Brief Summary

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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

Belapha Belaphopsocus Belaphotroctes Chaetotroctes Embidopsocopsis Embidopsocus Troctulus

Subfamily Liposcelidinae

Liposcelis Troglotroctes

Cretoscelis Grimaldi and Engel 2006 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

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