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Liposcelididae

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Liposcelididae
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Liposcelididae (historically often referred to as "Liposcelidae") is a family of booklice of the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha.[1] Members of this family are small and flattened, and often wingless. Mesothorax and metathorax fused in wingless forms.[2]

Quick facts Scientific classification, Subfamilies ...

The family contains close to 200 species, arranged in nine genera which make up one smaller and one larger subfamily:

Subfamily Embidopsocinae

  • Belapha
  • Belaphopsocus
  • Belaphotroctes
  • Chaetotroctes
  • Embidopsocopsis
  • Embidopsocus
  • Troctulus

Subfamily Liposcelidinae

Cretoscelis Grimaldi and Engel 2006 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

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