Valenzuela (insect)

Valenzuela Temporal range: 47.8–present  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Valenzuela burmeisteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Family:	Caeciliusidae
Subfamily:	Caeciliusinae
Genus:	Valenzuela (Navas, 1924) [1]
Diversity
At least 300 species

Valenzuela is a genus of psocoptera in the family Caeciliusidae, the lizard barklice. Some species are extinct and date to the Eocene of Poland or Russia. There are at least 300 described species in Valenzuela. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

See also

The estimate of at least 300 species is not supported by later revisionary work. Martin Meinander (1979) demonstrated that many species attributed to Valenzuela were junior synonyms, misidentifications, or misplaced at the genus level, resulting in a substantially reduced number of valid species. ^[6]

These revisions were later adopted in global catalogues, including Lienhard & Smithers (2002). ^[7]

References

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1. Quelques insectes de l'Amérique Méridionale. L Navàs, 1924
2. "Valenzuela Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
3. "Browse Valenzuela". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
4. "Valenzuela". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
5. "Valenzuela Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
6. Meinander, M. (1979). Revision of the European Psocoptera recorded by Navás. Miscellanea Zoologica 5: 59–67. Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona. PDF.
7. Lienhard, C. & Smithers, E. L. (2002). Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis V. Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Genève.

External links

• Data related to Valenzuela at Wikispecies
• Media related to Valenzuela at Wikimedia Commons
• "Valenzuela". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• "Valenzuela". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 11 December 2016.
• Valenzuela at insectoid.info
• Meinander, M. (1979). ‘‘Revision of the European Psocoptera recorded by Navás’’. Miscellanea Zoologica 5: 59–67