Sphaeropsocidae

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Sphaeropsocidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocoptera
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Nanopsocetae
Family: Sphaeropsocidae
Genera
  • Badonellia
  • Sphaeropsocopsis
  • Sphaeropsocus

Sphaeropsocidae is a family of Psocoptera belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha. Members of this family have reduced, coriaceous wings. The family comprises 15 known species (one of them fossil) in three genera.

[edit] Sources

  • Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.
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