Elipsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the infraorder Homilopsocidea. Members of the family have a free areola postica. Many species are apterous (without wings). The family includes about 130 species in more than 30 genera.
Genera
These 32 genera belong to the family Elipsocidae:
- Antarctopsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Ausysium<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Clinopsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Cuneopalpus <small>Badonnel, 1943</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Diademadrilus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Drymopsocus <small>Smithers, 1963</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Elipsocus <small>Hagen, 1866</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Euryphallus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Gondwanapsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Hemineura<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Kilauella<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Metelipsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Nepiomorpha <small>Pearman, 1936</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Nothopsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Onychophallus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Paedomorpha<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Palistreptus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Palmicola <small>Mockford, 1955</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Pentacladus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Prionotodrilus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Propsocus <small>McLachlan, 1866</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Pseudopsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Psocophloea<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Reuterella <small>Enderlein, 1903</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Roesleria<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Sandrapsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Sinelipsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Spilopsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Telmopsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Villopsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Weddellopsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Yuntapsocus<span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>
Sources
- Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.
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