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.
| Sphaeropsocidae Temporal range:
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| Sphaeropsocus kuenowii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Nanopsocetae |
| Family: | Sphaeropsocidae |
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Taxonomy
edit- †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
edit- ^ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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