Protroctopsocidae
Emilie Bess and Kevin P. JohnsonIntroduction
The family Protroctopsocidae contains four genera and 8 species. Chelyopsocus and Philedaphia are known from southern Europe, Protrocopsocus is known from Mexico, and Reticulopsocus from Turkey.
References
Lienhard, C. 2005. Description of a new beetle-like psocid (Insecta: Psocoptera: Protroctopsocidae) from Turkey showing an unusual sexual dimorphism. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 112: 333-349.
Lienhard, C. and C.N. Smithers. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta) World Catalogue and Bibliography. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland.
Mockford, E.L. 1967. The Electrentomoid Psocids (Psocoptera). Psyche 74: 118-165.
Smithers, C.N. 1972. The classification and phylogeny of the Psocoptera. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 14: 1–349.
Yoshizawa, K. and K.P. Johnson. 2006. Morphology of male genitalia in lice and their relatives and phylogentic implications. Systematic Entomology 31: 350-361.
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Emilie Bess
Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA
Kevin P. Johnson
Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA
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