Liposcelididae

Liposcelididae (historically often referred to as "Liposcelidae") is a family of booklice of the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha.^[1] Members of this family are small and flattened, and often wingless. Mesothorax and metathorax fused in wingless forms.^[2]

Liposcelididae Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Liposcelis sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Suborder:	Troctomorpha
Infraorder:	Nanopsocetae
Family:	Liposcelididae
Subfamilies
Embidopsocinae Liposcelidinae

The family contains close to 200 species, arranged in nine genera which make up one smaller and one larger subfamily:

Subfamily Embidopsocinae

• Belapha
• Belaphopsocus
• Belaphotroctes
• Chaetotroctes
• Embidopsocopsis
• Embidopsocus
• Troctulus

Subfamily Liposcelidinae

• Liposcelis^[3]
• Troglotroctes

†Cretoscelis Grimaldi and Engel 2006 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian