Sphaeropsocidae

Sphaeropsocidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocoptera
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Nanopsocetae
Family: Sphaeropsocidae
Genera
  • Badonellia
  • Sphaeropsocopsis
  • Sphaeropsocus
  • Sphaeropsocites
  • Sphaeropsocoides
  • Globopsocus
  • Prosphaeropsocus
  • Troglosphaeropsocus

Sphaeropsocidae is a family of Psocoptera belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha. Members of this family have reduced, coriaceous wings. The family comprises 22 known species (four of them fossils) in eight genera.

Sources

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


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