Sphaeropsocidae

Family of booklice

Sphaeropsocidae
Temporal range: Barremian–Recent
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Sphaeropsocus kuenowii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Nanopsocetae
Family: Sphaeropsocidae
Genera
  • Badonellia
  • Sphaeropsocopsis
  • Sphaeropsocus
  • Sphaeropsocites
  • Sphaeropsocoides
  • Globopsocus
  • Prosphaeropsocus
  • Troglosphaeropsocus

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

  • †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

  1. ^ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  2. ^ a b Mockford, Edward L. (2013-06-06). "A new species of Sphaeropsocus Hagen from southeastern United States". Life: The Excitement of Biology. 1 (2): 100–110. doi:10.9784/leb1(2)mockford.02. ISSN 2325-081X.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ a b c Mockford, Edward L. (July 2009). "Systematics of North American Species of Sphaeropsocidae (Psocoptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 111 (3): 666–685. doi:10.4289/0013-8797-111.3.666. ISSN 0013-8797.
  6. ^ a b Grimaldi, David; Engel, Michael S. (2006). "Extralimital Fossils of the "Gondwanan" Family Sphaeropsocidae (Insecta: Psocodea)". American Museum Novitates. 3523 (1): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3523[1:EFOTGF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082.
  • 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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Extant Psocodea families
Suborder Trogiomorpha
Atropetae
Prionoglaridetae
Psyllipsocetae
Suborder Troctomorpha
Amphientometae
Nanopsocetae
Phthiraptera
(lice)
Amblycera
Anoplura
(sucking lice)
Ischnocera
(paraphyletic)
Rhyncophthirina
Ischnocera, Rhyncophthirina and Amblycera comprise paraphyletic suborder Mallophaga (chewing lice).
Suborder Psocomorpha
Archipsocetae
Caeciliusetae
Epipsocetae
Homilopsocidea
Philotarsetae
Psocetae
Order Psocodea is comprised of paraphyletic Psocoptera (book lice or bark lice) and monophyletic Phthiraptera (lice), both previously classified as orders.
Taxon identifiers
Sphaeropsocidae


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