Cormopsocidae

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Cormopsocidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Trogiomorpha
Family: Cormopsocidae
Yoshizawa & Lienhard, 2020

Cormopsocidae is an extinct family of Psocodea. All currently known members are from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of Myanmar. The family is considered either to be the earliest diverging group of the suborder Trogiomorpha, or the sister group to all other psocids, and retains many primitive characteristics.

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References

  1. Yoshizawa, Kazunori; Lienhard, Charles (June 2020). "†Cormopsocidae: A new family of the suborder Trogiomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea) from Burmese amber". Entomological Science. 23 (2): 208–215. doi: 10.1111/ens.12414 . ISSN   1343-8786.
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