Lachesilla

Lachesilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocoptera
Family: Lachesillidae
Genus: Lachesilla
Westwood, 1840

Lachesilla is the main genus in the psocopteran family Lachesillidae. It contained 229 described species in 2000.[1] Frequent species in the Northern hemisphere include Lachesilla quercus and Lachesilla pedicularia. Some species are localized: Lachesilla merzi has been collected only once in Spain and Lachesilla rossica, apart from the original specimens that were found in southern Russia, is only known from the Valley of the Allondon river, near Geneva, Switzerland.[2]

References

  1. C. Lienhard & C. N. Smithers (2002). "Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography". Instrumenta Biodiversitatis (Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva) 5.
  2. C. Lienhard (1998): Psocoptères euro-méditerranéens. Faune de France 83. Fédération Francaise des Societes de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. XX + 517 p.