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Sphaeropsocidae
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Sphaeropsocidae

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.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Badonnelia

genusBadonnelia

Prosphaeropsocus

genusProsphaeropsocus

Sphaeropsocopsis

genusSphaeropsocopsis

Sphaeropsocus

genusSphaeropsocus

Troglosphaeropsocus

genusTroglosphaeropsocus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 467077.