Elipsocidae Explained

Elipsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the infraorder Homilopsocidea.^[1] Members of the family have a free areola postica. Many species are apterous (without wings). The family includes about 130 species in more than 30 genera.

Genera

These 32 genera belong to the family Elipsocidae:

• Antarctopsocus

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• Ausysium

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• Clinopsocus

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• Cuneopalpus Badonnel, 1943

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• Diademadrilus

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• Drymopsocus Smithers, 1963

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• Elipsocus Hagen, 1866

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• Euryphallus

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• Gondwanapsocus

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• Hemineura

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• Kilauella

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• Metelipsocus

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• Nepiomorpha Pearman, 1936

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• Nothopsocus

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• Onychophallus

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• Paedomorpha

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• Palistreptus

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• Palmicola Mockford, 1955

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• Pentacladus

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• Prionotodrilus

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• Propsocus McLachlan, 1866

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• Pseudopsocus

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• Psocophloea

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• Reuterella Enderlein, 1903

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• Roesleria

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• Sandrapsocus

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• Sinelipsocus

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• Spilopsocus

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• Telmopsocus

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• Villopsocus

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• Weddellopsocus

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• Yuntapsocus

^{c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Sources

• Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-11-05 . Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0 . 2021 . Johnson . Kevin P. . Smith . Vincent S. .