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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Caeciliusetae » Lizard Barklice (Caeciliusidae)

Family Caeciliusidae - Lizard Barklice

Representative Images

Valenzuela pinicola Banks - Valenzuela pinicola - female Possibly something similar to previous post? - Valenzuela flavidus Possibly Valenzula sp. Unknown Bark Louse - Valenzuela pinicola Caeciliusidae female? - Valenzuela - female Valenzuela? - Valenzuela Valenzuela subflavus - male Bark Louse - Valenzuela subflavus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)
Suborder Psocomorpha
Infraorder Caeciliusetae
Family Caeciliusidae (Lizard Barklice)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Caecilidae
taxonomy treated in(1)(2)

Explanation of Names

Caeciliusidae Mockford 2000

Numbers

31 spp. in 4 genera in NA(3); ~570 spp. in 32 genera total(4)

Habitat

Leaf-inhabiting species

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid bare and webbed.

Works Cited

1.A classification of the psocopteran family Caeciliusidae (Caeciliidae auct.)
Mockford E.L. 1999. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 125: 325-417.
2.Additions and corrections to "A classification of the psocopteran family Caeciliusidae (Caeciliidae auct.)"
Mockford E.L. 2001. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 127: 79-84.
3.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
4.Johnson K.P., Smith V.S. (2013) Psocodea species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2006 - 2:01pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 4 March, 2023 - 10:45pm

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