Lachesilla

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Lachesilla
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Lachesillidae
Subfamily: Lachesillinae
Genus: Lachesilla
Westwood, 1840

Lachesilla is the main genus in the psocopteran family Lachesillidae. There are at least 310 described species in Lachesilla. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] 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. [6]

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References

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