Electrentomidae is an extinct family of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the order Psocodea. There are about six genera and seven described species in Electrentomidae.[1][2][3][4] The family was synonymsed with the extant family Manicapsocidae in 2003 without discussion, with a prior proposal in 1972, but Azar et al., 2017, stated that "we consider herein [Electrentomidae and Manicapsocidae] apart, because a cladistic phylogenetic analysis is needed prior to taking such important decision for these groups."[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Amphientometae |
| Superfamily: | Electrentomoidea |
| Family: | †Electrentomidae Enderlein, 1911 |
Genera
editThese six genera belong to the family Electrentomidae:
- † Electrentomum Enderlein, 1911 Baltic amber, Eocene
- † Eomanicapsocus Nel, Prokop, De Ploeg & Millet, 2005 Oise amber, France, Ypresian
- † Eoprotroctopsocus Nel, Prokop, De Ploeg & Millet, 2005 Oise amber, France, Ypresian
- † Manicapsocidus Baz & Ortuño, 2001 Álava amber, Escucha Formation, Spain, Albian
- † Paramesopsocus Azar, Hajar, Indary & Nel, 2009 Karabastau Formation, Kazakhstan, Callovian, Lebanese amber, Barremian
- † Parelectrentomum Roesler, 1940 Baltic amber, Eocene
References
edit- ^ "Electrentomidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ^ "Electrentomidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database, family Electrentomidae". Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ^ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "family Electrentomidae Enderlein, 1911". Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ^ Azar, Dany; Hakim, Marina; Huang, Diying; Cai, Chenyang; Nel, André (February 2017). "New fossil booklice from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Psocodea: Troctomorpha: Amphientometae: Manicapsocidae)". Cretaceous Research. 70: 8–14. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.013.
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