Liposcelididae

Liposcelididae (historically often referred to as "Liposcelidae") is a family of booklice (Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha. Members of this family are small and flattened, and often wingless.

Liposcelididae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present
Liposcelis sp.
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Liposcelididae
Subfamilies

Embidopsocinae
Liposcelidinae

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

Cretoscelis Grimaldi and Engel 2006 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

  1. 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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