Biology:Liposcelididae
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Short description: Family of booklice
| Liposcelididae | |
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| Liposcelis sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Nanopsocetae |
| Family: | 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
- Belapha
- Belaphopsocus
- Belaphotroctes
- Chaetotroctes
- Embidopsocopsis
- Embidopsocus
- Troctulus
Subfamily Liposcelidinae
- Liposcelis[3]
- Troglotroctes
†Cretoscelis Grimaldi and Engel 2006 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
References
- ↑ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". http://psocodea.speciesfile.org/.
- ↑ Handbooks For The Identification of British Insects
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1946606 entry
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