Family Caeciliusidae - Lizard Barklice

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

Barklouse - Valenzuela flavidus - female

Another yellow-eyed barklouse - Xanthocaecilius sommermanae

Lizard Barklouse - Valenzuela indicator - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)

Suborder Psocomorpha

Infraorder Caeciliusetae

Family Caeciliusidae (Lizard Barklice)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

=Caecilidae

Numbers

31 spp. in 4 genera in NA(1); ca. 570 spp. in 32 genera worldwide(2)(3)

Print References

Edward L. Mockford, "A Classification of the Psocopteran Family Caeciliusidae (Caeciliidae Auct.)", Transactions of the American Entomological Society 125:325-417 (1999) (JSTOR)

Edward L. Mockford, "Additions and Corrections to 'A Classification of the Psocopteran Family Caeciliusidae (Caeciliidae Auct.)'", Transactions of the American Entomological Society 127:79-84 (2001) (JSTOR)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	Psocodea Species File Online, by K.P. Johnson, V.S. Smith, and D.C. Eades

3.	Classification of Psocoptera with checklist of genera

Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2006 - 2:01pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 14 October, 2010 - 5:24pm

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