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Liposcelis

Insecta - Psocodea - Liposcelididae

Taxonomy
Liposcelis was named by Motschulsky (1852). It is extant. It is the type genus of Liposcelidae, Liposcelidinae.

It was assigned to Liposcelidae by Mockford (1969) and Carpenter (1992); to Liposcelidinae by Lienhard and Smithers (2002); and to Liposcelididae by Nel et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Liposcelis Motschulsky
1969Liposcelis Mockford p. 1268
1992Liposcelis Carpenter p. 198
2002Liposcelis Lienhard and Smithers
2004Liposcelis Nel et al. p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
orderPsocodea
suborderTroctomorpha
infraorderLiposcelidetae
familyLiposcelididae()
subfamilyLiposcelidinaeEnderlein 1911
genusLiposcelisMotschulsky 1852

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Liposcelis Motschulsky 1852
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Liposcelis atavus Enderlein 1911
Liposcelis resinatus Hagen 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) L. sp. (123850)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Atropos succinica (123962)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) L. sp. (124810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Atropos resinata (124495)