Family Liposcelididae Enderlein 1911 (booklouse)

Insecta - Psocodea - Liposcelididae

Alternative spelling: Liposcelidae

Full reference: G. Enderlein. 1911. Die fossilen copeognathan und ihre phylogenie. Palaeontographica 58:279-360

Parent taxon: Nanopsocetae according to E. L. Mockford et al. 2013

See also Badonnel 1955, Carpenter 1992, Lienhard and Smithers 2002, Mockford 1969, Nel et al. 2005 and Park and Downing 2001

Sister taxa: Pachytroctidae, Phthiraptera, Sphaeropsocidae

Subtaxa: Cretoscelis Embidopsocinae Liposcelidinae

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Type: Liposcelis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)

• Miocene of China (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (3)

• Eocene of France (1), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (2)

• Cretaceous of Myanmar (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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