Psyllipsocidae Explained

Psyllipsocidae is a family of cave barklice in the order Psocodea. There are about 7 genera and more than 70 described species in Psyllipsocidae.

Genera

These eight genera belong to the family Psyllipsocidae:

• Annulipsyllipsocus Hakim, Azar, Maksoud, Huang & Azar, 2018 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
• Libanopsyllipsocus Azar and Nel, 2011 Lebanese amber, Barremian
• † Concavapsocus Wang et al, 2019^[1] Burmese amber, Cenomanian
• Dorypteryx Aaron, 1883
• † Khatangia Vishnyakova, 1975 Taimyr amber, Santonian
• Pseudopsyllipsocus Li, 2002
• Pseudorypteryx Garcia Aldrete, 1984
• Psocathropos Ribaga, 1899
• Psyllipsocus Selys-Longchamps, 1872

Further reading

• Phylogeny and classification of the Psocodea, with particular reference to the lice (Psocodea: Phthiraptera). 1985. Lyal . Ch H. C.. Systematic Entomology. 10. 2. 145–165. 0307-6970. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1985.tb00525.x.

Notes and References

1. Wang . R. . Li . S. . Ren . D. . Yao . Y. . 2019 . New genus and species of the Psyllipsocidae (Psocodea: Trogiomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber . Cretaceous Research . 104 . Article 104178 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.07.008 .