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Peripsocidae
Family of booklice

Peripsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterised by their absence of an areola postica in their wings. Many of the recently described genera are closely allied to Peripsocus. The family includes more than 300 species.

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Genera

These 12 genera belong to the family Peripsocidae:

  • Bicuspidatus c g
  • Campanulatus c g
  • Coniperipsocus c g
  • Cycloperipsocus c g
  • Diplopsocus c g
  • Kaestneriella Roesler, 1943 i c g b
  • Orbiperipsocus c g
  • Pericupsocus c g
  • Peripsocus Hagen, 1866 i c g b
  • Periterminalis c g
  • Properipsocus c g
  • Turriperipsocus c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,2 c = Catalogue of Life,3 g = GBIF,4 b = Bugguide.net5

Sources

  • Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.

Further reading

References

  1. Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05. http://psocodea.speciesfile.org/

  2. "Peripsocidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=660998

  3. "Browse Peripsocidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/7c2d00307bbcd275c1882eadbb60b087

  4. "Peripsocidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02. https://www.gbif.org/species/7939

  5. "Peripsocidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02. https://bugguide.net/node/view/145679