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Caeciliusidae (lizard barklouse)

Insecta - Psocodea - Caeciliusidae

Taxonomy

Caeciliini was named by Kolbe (1880) [Spelling emended from Caeciliidae by ICZN rules to avoid homonymy with Caeciliidae Rafinesque, 1814]. It is extant. Its type is Caecilius.

It was reranked as the family Caeciliidae by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002); it was reranked as the family Caeciliusidae by Yoshizawa (2002), Lienhard and Smithers (2002), Engel and Perkovsky (2006) and Yoshizawa and Johnson (2014).

It was assigned to Caeciliusoidea by Yoshizawa (2002) and Lienhard and Smithers (2002); to Psocoptera by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002); and to Caeciliusetae by Engel and Perkovsky (2006) and Yoshizawa and Johnson (2014).

Subtaxa

Caeciliusinae, Ptenolasia

Synonyms

Eopsocites was named by Hong (2002).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002).
Eopsocites fushunensis was named by Hong (2002). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (post-1980 collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002).
Stenopterites was named by Hong (2002).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002).
Stenopterites guchengziensis was named by Hong (2002). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (post-1980 collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002).
Stenopterites longus was named by Hong (2002). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (post-1980 collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002).
Fushunopsocus was named by Hong (2002).

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002).
Fushunopsocus latus was named by Hong (2002). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Xilutian coal mine, Fushun amber (post-1980 collection), which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in China.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Hong (2002) and Hong (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2002	Caeciliidae Hong
2002	Eopsocites Hong p. 89
2002	Eopsocites fushunensis Hong p. 90 figs. Pl 8, fig 2; text-fig 2.5.1-14
2002	Stenopterites Hong p. 93
2002	Stenopterites guchengziensis Hong p. 94 figs. Pl 7, fig 4; text-fig 2.5.15-25
2002	Stenopterites longus Hong p. 96 figs. Pl 8, fig 1; text-fig 2.5.26-36
2002	Fushunopsocus Hong p. 98
2002	Fushunopsocus latus Hong p. 99 figs. Pl 7, fig 3; text-fig 2.5.37-47
2002	Caeciliusidae Lienhard and Smithers
2002	Caeciliusidae Yoshizawa
2006	Caeciliusidae Engel and Perkovsky p. 176
2014	Caeciliusidae Yoshizawa and Johnson p. 729

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
order	Psocodea
suborder	Psocomorpha	Roesler 1944
infraorder	Caeciliusetae	()
family	Caeciliusidae	()
family	Caeciliusidae	()

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.

Fm. Caeciliusidae Kolbe 1880 [lizard barklouse]

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Subfm. Caeciliusinae Kolbe 1880

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Tr. Caeciliusini Kolbe 1880

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G. Caecilius Curtis 1837

Tr. Coryphacini Mockford 2000

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G. Valenzuela Navas 1924

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†Valenzuela debilis Pictet and Hagen 1856

†Valenzuela klebsi Enderlein 1911

†Valenzuela proavus Hagen 1856

†Valenzuela prometheus Enderlein 1911

†Valenzuela scenepipedus Enderlein 1911

†Valenzuela sucinicaptus Enderlein 1911

G. †Ptenolasia Enderlein 1911

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†Ptenolasia pilosa Hagen 1882

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Caecilius debilis (123993) Caecilius debilis, Caecilius proavus, Caecilius prometheus (124088) Caecilius debilis, Caecilius proavus, Caecilius prometheus, Caecilius pilosus (123962) Caecilius debilis, Caecilius scenepipedus, Caecilius proavus, Caecilius prometheus, Caecilius klebsi, Caecilius sucinicaptus, Ptenolasia pilosa (124073) Caecilius proavus (123221 124494)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Ukraine	Valenzuela prometheus (122999)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Poland	Psocus debilis, Psocus proavus (109625)