Compsocidae

Compsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha.^[1] The family comprises two extant species in two genera, both found in Mesoamerica. Compsocus elegans is found in Mexico and Central America, while Electrentomopsis variegata is found in Mexico.^[2] The antennae of each species have 13 or 14 segments. Two extinct genera, Burmacompsocus and Paraelectrentomopsis are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar and Albian aged Spanish amber.

Compsocidae Temporal range: Albian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Burmacompsocus perreaui
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Suborder:	Troctomorpha
Infraorder:	Amphientometae
Family:	Compsocidae
Genera
Compsocus Electrentomopsis †Burmacompsocus †Paraelectrentomopsis

Taxonomy

• Compsocus Banks, N., 1930^[3]
  • Compsocus elegans Banks, N., 1930
• Electrentomopsis Mockford, 1967^[4]
  • Electrentomopsis variegata Mockford, 1967
• †Burmacompsocus Nel & Waller, 2007^[5]
  • Burmacompsocus banksi (Cockerell, 1916)^[6] (originally Psyllipsocus) Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • Burmacompsocus coniugans Sroka & Nel, 2017^[7] Burmese amber
  • Burmacompsocus perreaui Nel & Waller, 2007 Burmese amber
  • Burmacompsocus pouilloni Ngô-Muller et al. 2020^[8] Burmese amber
  • Burmacompsocus ojancano Álvarez-Parra et al. 2023^[9] Spanish amber, Albian
• †Paraelectrentomopsis Azar, Hakim & Huang, 2016^[10] Burmese amber
  • Paraelectrentomopsis chenyangcaii Azar, Hakim & Huang, 2016