Lachesillidae

Lachesillidae
Lachesilla texana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Suborder:	Psocomorpha
Infraorder:	Homilopsocidea
Family:	Lachesillidae

Lachesillidae (or fateful barklice) is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. ^[1] Members of the family are characterized by a rounded, free areola postica in their wings. Males have diverse sclerotized genitalic structures. The family includes more than 400 species, most of them in the genus Lachesilla .

Genera

These 26 genera belong to the family Lachesillidae:

• Acantholachesilla ^{c g}
• Amazolachesilla ^{c g}
• Anomolachesilla ^{c g}
• Anomopsocus Roesler, 1940 ^{i c g b}
• Antilachesilla ^{c g}
• Archaelachesis ^{c g}
• Ceratolachesillus ^{c g}
• Cuzcolachesilla ^{c g}
• Cyclolachesillus ^{c g}
• Dagualachesilla ^{c g}
• Dagualachesilloides ^{c g}
• Ectolachesilla ^{c g}
• Eolachesilla ^{c g}
• Graphocaecilius ^{c g}
• Hemicaecilius ^{c g}
• Homoeolachesilla ^{c g}
• Lachesilla Westwood, 1840 ^{i c g b}
• Mesolachesilla ^{c g}
• Nadleria ^{c g}
• Nanolachesilla Mockford and Sullivan, 1986 ^{i c g}
• Notolachesilla ^{c g}
• Prolachesilla Mockford and Sullivan, 1986 ^{i c g}
• Tricholachesilla ^{c g}
• Waoraniella ^{c g}
• Zangilachesilla ^{c g}
• Zonolachesillus ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[2] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[3] g = GBIF, ^[4] b = Bugguide.net ^[5]

Sources

1. Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0" . Retrieved 2021-11-05.
2. "Lachesillidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
3. "Browse Lachesillidae". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
4. "Lachesillidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
5. "Lachesillidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

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