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]

Electrentomidae
Temporal range: Callovian–Eocene
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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

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These six genera belong to the family Electrentomidae:

References

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  1. ^ "Electrentomidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. ^ "Electrentomidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  3. ^ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "family Electrentomidae Enderlein, 1911". Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  4. ^ 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.