Liposcelididae

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]

Liposcelididae
Temporal range:
Liposcelis sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Nanopsocetae
Family: 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. 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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