Lachesillidae

Taxobox
name = Lachesillidae


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Psocoptera
subordo = Psocomorpha
infraordo = Homilopsocidea
familia = Lachesillidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Lachesilla"
* "13 other genera"

Lachesillidae is a family of Psocoptera belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterised by a rounded, free areola postica in their wings. Males have diverse sclerotized genitalic structures. The family includes close to 300 species, most of them in the genus "Lachesilla".

ources

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