Sphaeropsocidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nanopsocetae

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Ordo: Psocodea Subordo: Troctomorpha Infraordo: Nanopsocetae

Familia: Sphaeropsocidae
Genera (9): Badonnelia – Prosphaeropsocus – Sphaeropsocopsis – Troglosphaeropsocus – †Asphaeropsocites – †Globopsocus – †Sphaeropsocites – †Sphaeropsocoides – †Sphaeropsocus
[sources: Azar & Engel (2008: 145), Mockford (2009), Azar, Engel & Grimaldi (2010)]

References

• Azar, D. & Engel, M.S. 2008. A sphaeropsocid bark louse in Late Cretaceous amber from Siberia (Psocoptera: Sphaeropsocidae). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 111: 141–146. PDF.
• Azar, D., Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2010. A new genus of sphaeropsocid bark lice from the Early Cretaceous amber of Lebanon (Psocodea: Sphaeropsocidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 46(1–2): 103–107.
• Mockford, E.L. 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

Additional references

• Badonnel, A. 1963. Psocoptères terricoles, lapidicoles et corticicoles du Chili. Biologie de l'Amérique Australe 2: 291–338. [in French]
• Badonnel, A. 1967. Psocoptères édaphiques du Chile (2e note). Biologie de l'Amérique Australe 3: 541–585.
• Grimaldi, D. & Engel, M.S. 2006. Extralimital fossils of the "Gondwanan" family Sphaeropsocidae (Insecta: Psocodea). American Museum novitates (3523) DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3523[1:EFOTGF]2.0.CO;2

Links

• Psocodea Species File