Lachesilla is the main genus in the psocopteran family Lachesillidae.C. Lienhard & C. N. Smithers (2002). "Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography". Instrumenta Biodiversitatis (Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva) 5. Frequent species in the Northern hemisphere include Lachesilla quercus and Lachesilla pedicularia. Some species are localized: Lachesilla merzi has been collected only once in Spain and Lachesilla rossica, apart from the original specimens that were found in southern Russia, is only known from the Valley of the Allondon river, near Geneva, Switzerland (and from one find in Albania in 2015).C. Lienhard (1998): Psocoptères euro-méditerranéens. Faune de France 83. Fédération Francaise des Societes de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. XX + 517 p.
There are 361 recognized species in Lachesilla.
See also List of Lachesilla species
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