Lachesillidae

Lachesillidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocoptera
Suborder:	Psocomorpha
Infraorder:	Homilopsocidea
Family:	Lachesillidae
Genera
Lachesilla 13 other genera

Lachesillidae is a family of Psocoptera belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterised by a rounded, free areola postica in their wings. Males have diverse sclerotized genitalic structures. The family includes close to 300 species, most of them in the genus Lachesilla.

Sources

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

Extant Psocodea families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Paraneoptera

Suborder Trogiomorpha

Atropetae	Lepidopsocidae Psoquillidae Trogiidae

Psocathropetae	Psyllipsocidae Prionoglarididae

Suborder Troctomorpha

Amphientometae

Electrentomidae
Protroctopsocidae
Troctopsocidae
Compsocidae
Musapsocidae
Amphientomidae

Nanopsocetae

Sphaeropsocidae

Phthiraptera
(non-Amblycera)
(lice)

Ischnocera	Heptapsogasteridae Goniodidae Philopteridae (paraphyletic) Trichodectidae

Rhyncophthirina	Haematomyzidae

Anoplura (sucking lice)	Echinophthiriidae (seal lice) Enderleinellidae Haematopinidae (ungulate lice) Hamophthiriidae Hoplopleuridae (armoured lice) Hybothiridae Linognathidae (pale lice) Microthoraciidae Neolinognathidae Pecaroecidae Pedicinidae Pediculidae (body lice, head lice) Pthiridae (crab lice or pubic lice) Polyplacidae (spiny rat lice) Ratemiidae

clade

Pachytroctidae (paraphyletic?)

clade

Liposcelididae

Amblycera (lice)	Boopidae Gyropidae Laemobothriidae Menoponidae (chicken body lice) Ricinidae Trimenoponidae

Ischnocera, Rhyncophthirina and Amblycera comprise paraphyletic suborder Mallophaga (chewing lice).

Suborder Psocomorpha

Archipsocetae	Archipsocidae

Homilopsocidea (paraphyletic)	Bryopsocidae Elipsocidae Trichopsocidae Philotarsidae Calopsocidae Pseudocaeciliidae Mesopsocidae Ectopsocidae Peripsocidae Lachesillidae

Epipsocetae	Cladiopsocidae Dolabellopsocidae Epipsocidae Neurostigmatidae Ptiloneuridae

Psocetae	Hemipsocidae Psilopsocidae Myopsocidae Psocidae

Caeciliusetae	Asiopsocidae Dasydemellidae Stenopsocidae Amphipsocidae Caeciliusidae

Order Psocodea is comprised from paraphyletic order Psocoptera (book lice or bark lice) and polyphyletic order Phthiraptera (lice).

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