Sphaeropsocoides Grimaldi and Engel 2006 (book louse)

Insecta - Psocodea - Sphaeropsocidae

Full reference: D. Grimaldi and M. S. Engel. 2006. Extralimital fossils of the "Gondwanan" family Sphaeropsocidae (Insecta: Psocodea). American Museum Novitates 3523:1-18

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

See also Grimaldi and Engel 2006

Sister taxa: Asphaeropsocites, Sphaeropsocites, Sphaeropsocus

Subtaxa: Sphaeropsocoides canadensis

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Type: Sphaeropsocoides canadensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC May 1973 collection) (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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