Compsocidae is a
family
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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 ...
(formerly
Psocoptera
Psocoptera are a paraphyletic group of insects that are commonly known as booklice, barklice or barkflies. The name Psocoptera has been replaced with Psocodea in recent literature, with the inclusion of the former order Phthiraptera into Psoco ...
) belonging to the
suborder Troctomorpha
Troctomorpha is one of the three major suborders of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera)(barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice), alongside Psocomorpha and Trogiomorpha. There are more than 30 families and 5,800 described species in Troctomorpha. Th ...
.
The family comprises two
extant species in two genera, both found in
Mesoamerica
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. ''Compsocus elegans'' is found in
Mexico
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and
Central America
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, while ''Electrentomopsis variegata'' is found in Mexico. The antennae of each species have 13 or 14 segments. Two extinct genera, ''
Burmacompsocus'' and ''
Paraelectrentomopsis'' are known from the
Cenomanian aged
Burmese amber
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of
Myanmar
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.
Taxonomy
* ''Compsocus''
Banks, N., 1930
** ''Compsocus elegans'' Banks, N., 1930
* ''Electrentomopsis'' Mockford, 1967
** ''Electrentomopsis variegata'' Mockford, 1967
* †''Burmacompsocus'' Nel & Waller, 2007
**''Burmacompsocus banksi'' (
Cockerell, 1916) (originally ''
Psyllipsocus'')
**''Burmacompsocus coniugans'' Sroka & Nel, 2017
**''Burmacompsocus perreaui'' Nel & Waller, 2007
**''Burmacompsocus pouilloni'' Ngô-Muller et al. 2020
* †''Paraelectrentomopsis'' Azar, Hakim & Huang, 2016
** ''Paraelectrentomopsis chenyangcaii'' Azar, Hakim & Huang, 2016
References
Sources
*Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.
Psocoptera families
Troctomorpha
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