Infraorder Sphaeropsocetae de Moya et al. 2020 (book louse)
Full reference: R. S. de Moya, K. Yoshizawa, K. K. O. Walden, A. D. Sweet, C. H. Dietrich and K. P. Johnson. 2020. Phylogenomics of parasitic and nonparasitic lice (Insecta: Psocodea): combining sequence data and exploring compositional bias solutions in next generation data sets. Systematic Biology 70:719-738
Parent taxon: Troctomorpha according to M. Hakim and D. Azar 2024
See also de Moya et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Amphientometae, Liposcelidetae, Manicapsocidae, Nanopsocetae, Pachytroctetae, Phthiraptera
Subtaxa: Libanomphientomum Sphaeropsocidae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (4 collections), Ukraine (3)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), Lebanon (2)
Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences