Sphaeropsocoides canadensis 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

Belongs to Sphaeropsocoides according to E. L. Mockford et al. 2013

See also Grimaldi and Engel 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CNC 642, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (CNC May 1973 collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

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

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