Sphaeropsocidae
{{Short description|Family of booklice}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| oldest_fossil = Barremian
| image = Sphaeropsocus kuenowii.jpg
| image_caption = Sphaeropsocus kuenowii
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| taxon = Sphaeropsocidae
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| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = * Badonellia
- Sphaeropsocopsis
- Sphaeropsocus
- Sphaeropsocites
- Sphaeropsocoides
- Globopsocus
- Prosphaeropsocus
- Troglosphaeropsocus
}}
Sphaeropsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha.{{Cite web |access-date = 2021-11-05 |title = Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0 |date = 2021 |last1 = Johnson |first1 = Kevin P. |last2 = Smith |first2 = Vincent S. |url = http://psocodea.speciesfile.org/}} Females of this family have reduced, beetle-like elytra, and lack hindwings, with males have either small or absent wings.{{Cite journal|last=Mockford|first=Edward L.|date=2013-06-06|title=A new species of Sphaeropsocus Hagen from southeastern United States|url=https://doi.org/10.9784/leb1(2)mockford.02|journal=Life: The Excitement of Biology|volume=1|issue=2|pages=100–110|doi=10.9784/leb1(2)mockford.02|issn=2325-081X|doi-access=free}} The family comprises 22 known species (four of them fossils) in eight genera.
Taxonomy
- †Asphaeropsocites Azar et al. 2010 Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)D. Azar, M. S. Engel, and D. A. Grimaldi. 2010. A new genus of sphaeropsocid bark lice from the Early Cretaceous amber of Lebanon (Psocodea: Sphaeropsocidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46:103-107
- Badonnelia Pearman, 1953 Chile, Recent (except Badonnelia titei, which is found alongside humans in Europe and North America)Mockford, Edward L. 2005. "First New World Record for Badonnelia Titei (Insecta: Psocoptera: Sphaeropsocidae)," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 38 (2)
Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol38/iss2/1
- Sphaeropsocopsis North America,{{Cite journal|last=Mockford|first=Edward L.|date=July 2009|title=Systematics of North American Species of Sphaeropsocidae (Psocoptera)|url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.4289/0013-8797-111.3.666|journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington|language=en|volume=111|issue=3|pages=666–685|doi=10.4289/0013-8797-111.3.666|issn=0013-8797|url-access=subscription}} South America, St Helena, Recent
- Sphaeropsocus Baltic amber, Eocene, Southeastern US (Recent)
- †Sphaeropsocites Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian){{Cite journal|last=Grimaldi|first=David|last2=Engel|first2=Michael S.|date=2006|title=Extralimital Fossils of the "Gondwanan" Family Sphaeropsocidae (Insecta: Psocodea)|url=http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F0003-0082(2006)3523%5B1%3AEFOTGF%5D2.0.CO%3B2|journal=American Museum Novitates|language=en|volume=3523|issue=1|pages=1|doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3523[1:EFOTGF]2.0.CO;2|issn=0003-0082}}
- †Sphaeropsocoides Canadian amber, Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
- Globopsocus
- Prosphaeropsocus California, Recent
- Troglosphaeropsocus Arizona, Recent
References
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- 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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