Sphaeropsocidae

Sphaeropsocidae Temporal range: Barremian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Sphaeropsocus kuenowii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Suborder:	Troctomorpha
Infraorder:	Nanopsocetae
Family:	Sphaeropsocidae
Genera
Badonellia Sphaeropsocopsis Sphaeropsocus Sphaeropsocites Sphaeropsocoides Globopsocus Prosphaeropsocus Troglosphaeropsocus

Sphaeropsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha. ^[1] Females of this family have reduced, beetle-like elytra, and lack hindwings, with males have either small or absent wings. ^[2] The family comprises 22 known species (four of them fossils) in eight genera.

Taxonomy

• † Asphaeropsocites Azar et al. 2010 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian) ^[3]
• Badonnelia Pearman, 1953 Chile, Recent (except Badonnelia titei, which is found alongside humans in Europe and North America) ^[4]
• Sphaeropsocopsis North America, ^[5] South America, St Helena, Recent
• Sphaeropsocus Baltic amber, Eocene, Southeastern US (Recent) ^[2]
• † Sphaeropsocites Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian) ^[6]
• † Sphaeropsocoides Canadian amber, Late Cretaceous (Campanian) ^[6]
• Globopsocus
• Prosphaeropsocus California, Recent ^[5]
• Troglosphaeropsocus Arizona, Recent ^[5]

References

1. Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0" . Retrieved 2021-11-05.
2. Mockford, Edward L. (2013-06-06). "A new species of Sphaeropsocus Hagen from southeastern United States". Life: The Excitement of Biology. 1 (2): 100–110. doi: 10.9784/leb1(2)mockford.02 . ISSN   2325-081X.
3. D. Azar, M. S. Engel, and D. A. Grimaldi. 2010. A new genus of sphaeropsocid bark lice from the Early Cretaceous amber of Lebanon (Psocodea: Sphaeropsocidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France46:103-107
4. Mockford, Edward L. 2005. "First New World Record for Badonnelia Titei (Insecta: Psocoptera: Sphaeropsocidae)," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 38 (2) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol38/iss2/1
5. Mockford, Edward L. (July 2009). "Systematics of North American Species of Sphaeropsocidae (Psocoptera)" . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 111 (3): 666–685. doi:10.4289/0013-8797-111.3.666. ISSN   0013-8797.
6. Grimaldi, David; Engel, Michael S. (2006). "Extralimital Fossils of the "Gondwanan" Family Sphaeropsocidae (Insecta: Psocodea)". American Museum Novitates. 3523 (1): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3523[1:EFOTGF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0003-0082.

• Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Museum of Natural History, Geneva, Switzerland.