Compsocidae

Compsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha.^[1] The family comprises two extant species in two genera, both found in Mesoamerica. Compsocus elegans is found in Mexico and Central America, while Electrentomopsis variegata is found in Mexico.^[2] The antennae of each species have 13 or 14 segments. Two extinct genera, Burmacompsocus and Paraelectrentomopsis are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar and Albian aged Spanish amber.

Compsocidae Temporal range: Albian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Burmacompsocus perreaui
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Suborder:	Troctomorpha
Infraorder:	Amphientometae
Family:	Compsocidae
Genera
Compsocus Electrentomopsis †Burmacompsocus †Paraelectrentomopsis

Taxonomy

• Compsocus Banks, N., 1930^[3]
  • Compsocus elegans Banks, N., 1930
• Electrentomopsis Mockford, 1967^[4]
  • Electrentomopsis variegata Mockford, 1967
• †Burmacompsocus Nel & Waller, 2007^[5]
  • Burmacompsocus banksi (Cockerell, 1916)^[6] (originally Psyllipsocus) Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian)
  • Burmacompsocus coniugans Sroka & Nel, 2017^[7] Burmese amber
  • Burmacompsocus perreaui Nel & Waller, 2007 Burmese amber
  • Burmacompsocus pouilloni Ngô-Muller et al. 2020^[8] Burmese amber
  • Burmacompsocus ojancano Álvarez-Parra et al. 2023^[9] Spanish amber, Albian
• †Paraelectrentomopsis Azar, Hakim & Huang, 2016^[10] Burmese amber
  • Paraelectrentomopsis chenyangcaii Azar, Hakim & Huang, 2016

References

1. Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05.
2. "Compsocidae". Tree of Life Project. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
3. Banks, Nathan (1930-01-01). "Some New Neotropical Neuropteroid Insects". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 37 (2): 183–191. doi:10.1155/1930/89823. ISSN 0033-2615.
4. Mockford, Edward L. (1967-01-01). "The electrentomoid psocids (Psocoptera)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 74 (2): 118–165. doi:10.1155/1967/862560. ISSN 0033-2615.
5. Nel, A.; Waller, A. (December 2007). "The first fossil Compsocidae from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Insecta, Psocoptera, Troctomorpha)". Cretaceous Research. 28 (6): 1039–1041. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2007.02.002. ISSN 0195-6671.
6. Cockerell, T. D. A. (1916-08-01). "Insects in Burmese amber". American Journal of Science. s4-42 (248): 135–138. Bibcode:1916AmJS...42..135C. doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-42.248.135. ISSN 0002-9599.
7. SROKA, PAVEL; NEL, ANDRÉ (2017-09-18). "New species of Compsocidae (Insecta, Psocodea) from Cretaceous Burmese amber". Zootaxa. 4320 (3): 597. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.12. ISSN 1175-5334.
8. Ngô-Muller, Valerie; Garrouste, Romain; Nel, André (June 2020). "Small but important: A piece of mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber with a new genus and two new insect species (Odonata: Burmaphlebiidae & 'Psocoptera': Compsocidae)". Cretaceous Research. 110: 104405. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104405. ISSN 0195-6671.
9. Álvarez-Parra, Sergio; Peñalver, Enrique; Nel, André; Delclòs, Xavier (March 2023). "Barklice (Insecta: Psocodea) from Early Cretaceous resiniferous forests of Iberia (Spanish amber): new Troctomorpha and a possible Psocomorpha". Cretaceous Research. 148: 105544. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105544. S2CID 257813258.
10. Azar, Dany; Hakim, Marina; Huang, Diying (December 2016). "A new compsocid booklouse from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Psocodea: Troctomorpha: Amphientometae: Compsocidae)". Cretaceous Research. 68: 28–33. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.003. ISSN 0195-6671.

Sources

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