Sphaeropsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha. Females of this family have reduced, beetle-like elytra, and lack hindwings, with males have either small or absent wings. 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)
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Sphaeropsocopsis North America, South America, St Helena, Recent Sphaeropsocus Baltic amber, Eocene, Southeastern US (Recent) †Sphaeropsocites Lebanese amber, Early Cretaceous (Barremian) †Sphaeropsocoides Canadian amber, Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Globopsocus Prosphaeropsocus California, Recent Troglosphaeropsocus Arizona, Recent
References
Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Museum of Natural History, Geneva, Switzerland.