Lachesillidae
Sign in to saveLachesillidae (or fateful barklice) is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterized by a rounded, free areola postica in their wings. Males have diverse sclerotized genitalic structures. The family includes more than 400 species, most of them in the genus Lachesilla.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Lachesillidae
- Collections
- PSUC, NMSU, UCSB, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Peru
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- Lachesilla pedicularia 01.JPG
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- Lachesillidae
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- taxon common name
- Fateful Barklice
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Lachesillidae (or fateful barklice) is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterized by a rounded, free areola postica in their wings. Males have diverse sclerotized genitalic structures. The family includes more than 400 species, most of them in the genus Lachesilla.
==Genera== These 26 genera belong to the family Lachesillidae: Acantholachesilla c g Amazolachesilla c g Anomolachesilla c g Anomopsocus Roesler, 1940 i c g b Antilachesilla c g Archaelachesis c g Ceratolachesillus c g Cuzcolachesilla c g Cyclolachesillus c g Dagualachesilla c g Dagualachesilloides c g Ectolachesilla c g Eolachesilla c g Graphocaecilius c g Hemicaecilius c g Homoeolachesilla c g Lachesilla Westwood, 1840 i c g b Mesolachesilla c g Nadleria c g Nanolachesilla Mockford and Sullivan, 1986 i c g Notolachesilla c g Prolachesilla Mockford and Sullivan, 1986 i c g Tricholachesilla c g Waoraniella c g Zangilachesilla c g Zonolachesillus c g
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