Cormopsocidae is an extinct family of
Psocodea
Psocodea is a taxonomic group of insects comprising the bark lice, book lice and parasitic lice. It was formerly considered a superorder, but is now generally considered by entomologists as an order. Despite the greatly differing appearance of ...
. All currently known members are from the mid-Cretaceous
Burmese amber of Myanmar. The family is considered either to be the earliest diverging group of the suborder
Trogiomorpha, or the sister group to all other psocids, and retains many primitive characteristics.
Taxonomy
* ''
Cormopsocus'' Yoshizawa & Lienhard, 2020
** ''Cormopsocus groehni'' Yoshizawa & Lienhard, 2020
** ''Cormopsocus neli'' Hakim ''et al.'', 2021
** ''Cormopsocus perantiqua'' (
Cockerell Cockerell is a surname, and may refer to:
People
*Allan Cockerell (1891–1975), New Zealand soldier and politician
* Catherine Cockerell Cobb (1903–1995), British jeweler, silversmith, daughter of Douglas
*Charles Robert Cockerell (1788–1863), ...
, 1919).
* ''
Stimulopsocus'' Liang and Liu, 2021
** ''Stimulopsocus jiewenae'' Liang and Liu, 2021
* ''
Longiglabellus'' Wang, Li & Yao, 2021
** ''Longiglabellus edentatus'' Wang, Li & Yao 2021
** ''Longiglabellus pedhyalinus'' Wang, Li & Yao, 2021
References
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Trogiomorpha
Prehistoric insect families