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Embidopsocus

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Description

Embidopsocus is a genus of booklice in the family Liposcelididae. There are more than 40 described species in Embidopsocus.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embidopsocus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1031530	https://www.gbif.org/species/1031530
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	217793	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=217793

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Psocodea : Liposcelididae : Embidopsocus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Psocodea : Liposcelididae : Embidopsocus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
order	Psocodea
suborder	Troctomorpha
infraorder	Nanopsocetae
family	Liposcelididae
subfamily	Embidopsocinae
genus	Embidopsocus	Hagen 1866

Scientific Name

Embidopsocus Hagen, 1866

Name Published In

Hagen. 1866. On some aberrant genera of Psocina. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Embidopsocus	genus	belongs to Embidopsocinae	stated with evidence	Lienhard and Smithers, 2002
Embidopsocus	genus	belongs to Liposcelididae	stated with evidence	Nel et al., 2004
Embidopsocus	genus	belongs to Liposcelididae	stated without evidence	Nel et al., 2005
Embidopsocus	genus	belongs to Embidopsocinae	stated with evidence	Engel, 2016

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene

Type Specimen

Embidopsocus luteus Hagen, 1866

Designated By

Hagen. 1866. On some aberrant genera of Psocina. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 2:171

Type Information Source

Psocodea Species File

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. A. Hagen. 1866. On some aberrant genera of Psocina. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 2:170-172

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embidopsocus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Embidopsocus angolensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus antennalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus bousemani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus brasiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus citrensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus congolensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus cubanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus distinctus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus echinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus enderleini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus eocenicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Embidopsocus femoralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus flexuosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus frater species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus granulosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus hainanicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus intermedius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus jikuni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus kumaonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus laticeps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus lenah species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus leucomelas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus luteus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus machadoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus mendax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus mexicanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus minor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus needhami species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus oleaginus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus pallidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus pankowskiorum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Embidopsocus paradoxus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus pauliani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus pilosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus porphyreus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus sacchari species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus saxonicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Embidopsocus similis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus thorntoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus trichurensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus trifasciatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus vilhenai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus virgatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Embidopsocus zhouyaoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Trigonosceliscus Enderlein, 1910	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Psocodea : Liposcelididae : *Trigonosceliscus*
Embidotroctes Enderlein, 1904	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Psocodea : Liposcelididae : *Embidotroctes*
Stenotroctes Enderlein, 1904	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Psocodea : Liposcelididae : *Stenotroctes*
Tropusia Hagen, 1883	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Psocodea : Liposcelididae : *Tropusia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1866	Embidopsocus Hagen p. 170
2002	Embidopsocus Lienhard and Smithers
2004	Embidopsocus Nel et al. p. 31
2005	Embidopsocus Nel et al.
2016	Embidopsocus Engel p. 4

References

Hagen H. A. On some aberrant genera of Psocina, The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 2, 170-172

Lienhard C., Smithers C. N. (2002) Psocoptera (Insecta): world catalogue and bibliography, Instrumenta Biodiversitatis 5, 1-492

Nel A., de Ploëg G., et al (2004) The oldest Liposcelididae in the lowermost Eocene amber of the Paris Basin (Insecta: Psocoptera), Geologica Acta 2, 31-36

Nel A., Prokop J., et al (2005) New Psocoptera (Insecta) from the lowermost Eocene Amber of Oise, France, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3 4, 371-391

Engel M. S. (2016) A new species of the booklouse genus Embidopsocus in Baltic amber (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae), Novitates Paleoentomologicae 16, 1-9

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ent. mon. Mag., 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Lienhard & Courtenay Smithers. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta) World Catalogue and Bibliography. Psocoptera (Insecta) World Catalogue and Bibliography, Museum of Natural History, Geneva, Switzerland - via Psocodea Species File

Mockford. 1993. North American Psocoptera (Insecta). North American Psocoptera (Insecta)., Flora and Fauna Handbook, Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida 10:78 - via Psocodea Species File

CoL2006/ITIS - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Garcia Aldrete & Gutierrez Diaz. 1995. Species of psocids (Psocoptera) associated with stored grains in Mexico. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ser. Zool 66(1) - via Psocodea Species File

Hagen. 1866. On some aberrant genera of Psocina. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 2:170 - via Psocodea Species File

Hamilton, W. D. 1978. Evolution and diversity under bark. Diversity of insect faunas. 9 - via Psocodea Species File

Hicks. 1959. Check list and bibliography of the occurrence of insects in birds' nests. Check list and bibliography of the occurrence of insects in birds' nests., Ames 681 pp. - via Psocodea Species File

Medler. 1980. Insects of Nigeria - Checklist and bibliography. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 30 - via Psocodea Species File

Mockford. 1987. Systematics of North American and Greater Antillean species of Embidopsocus (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 80(6) - via Psocodea Species File

Smithers, Courtenay. 1972. The classification and phylogeny of the Psocoptera. Australian Museum Memoirs 14:90 - via Psocodea Species File

Wipfler & Pass. 2014. Antennal heart morphology supports relationship of Zoraptera with polyneopteran insects. Systematic Entomology 39(4):800-805 - via Psocodea Species File

Yoshizawa & Kevin P. Johnson. 2006. Morphology of male genitalia in lice and their relatives and phylogenetic implications. Systematic Entomology 31(2):350-361 - via Psocodea Species File

Badonnel. 1973[1972]. Espèces brésiliennes de la sous-famille des Embidopsocinae (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3 87(Zool. 66) - via Psocodea Species File

Badonnel. 1977. Sur les sensilles du bord distal du labre des Psocoptères et leur intérêt taxonomique. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 82(5-6) - via Psocodea Species File

Mockford. 1963. The species of Embidopsocinae of the United States (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 56(1) - via Psocodea Species File

New. 1973. Local distribution of Psocoptera in the Mato Grosso, Central Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 27(10) - via Psocodea Species File

Smithers, Courtenay. 1964. On the Psocoptera of Madagascar. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines 70(3-4) - via Psocodea Species File

Broadhead & Wolda. 1985. The diversity of Psocoptera in two tropical forests in Panama. Journal of Animal Ecology 54 - via Psocodea Species File

Broadhead. 1950. A revision of the genus Liposcelis Motschulsky with notes on the position of this genus in the order Corrodentia and on the variability of ten Liposcelis species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 101(10):339 - via Psocodea Species File

Lienhard. 1998. Psocoptères euro-méditerranéens. Psocoptères euro-méditerranéens., Faune de France 83:146 - via Psocodea Species File

Lienhard. 2003. Nomenclatural amendments concerning Chinese Psocoptera (Insecta), with remarks on species richness. Revue suisse de Zoologie 110(4):700 - via Psocodea Species File

Mockford. 1961. An annotated list of the Psocoptera of the Flint-Chattahoochee-Apalachicola Region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Florida Entomologist 44 - via Psocodea Species File

New & Lienhard. 2007. The Psocoptera of tropical South-east Asia. Fauna Malesiana Handbooks 6:230 - via Psocodea Species File

New. 1973. A collection of Psocoptera from Nigeria. Occasional Publications of the Entomological Society of Nigeria 10 - via Psocodea Species File

New. 1975. Aerial dispersal of some Victorian Psocoptera as indicated by suction trap catches. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14 - via Psocodea Species File

Lienhard, Charles, and Courtenay N. Smithers, 2002: Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. xli + 745. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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