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Sphaeropsocus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4400979	https://www.gbif.org/species/4400979
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	220441	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=220441

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Psocodea : Sphaeropsocidae : Sphaeropsocus

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	Sphaeropsocidae	Kolbe 1883
genus	Sphaeropsocus	Hagen 1882

Scientific Name

Sphaeropsocus Hagen, 1882

Name Published In

Hagen. 1882[1881]. Some Psocina of the United States. Psyche 3

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sphaeropsocus	genus	belongs to Pachytroctinae	stated with evidence	Enderlein, 1911
Sphaeropsocus	genus	belongs to Pachytroctidae	stated with evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Sphaeropsocus	genus	belongs to Sphaeropsocidae	stated with evidence	Lienhard and Smithers, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Type Specimen

Sphaeropsocus künowii Hagen, 1882

Designated By

Hagen. 1882[1881]. Some Psocina of the United States. Psyche 3:226

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. Hagen. 1882. Ueber Psociden in Bernstein. Entomologische Zeitung 43:217-237

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Sphaeropsocus kuenowii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Palaeotroctes Enderlein, 1911	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Psocodea : Sphaeropsocidae : *Palaeotroctes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1882	Sphaeropsocus Hagen p. 226
1911	Palaeotroctes Enderlein p. 350
1911	Sphaeropsocus Enderlein p. 352
1992	Palaeotroctes Carpenter p. 198
1992	Sphaeropsocus Carpenter p. 198
2002	Sphaeropsocus Lienhard and Smithers
2006	Sphaeropsocus Engel and Perkovsky p. 178

References

Hagen H. Ueber Psociden in Bernstein, Entomologische Zeitung 43, 217-237

Enderlein G. (1911) Die fossilen copeognathan und ihre phylogenie, Palaeontographica 58, 279-360

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655

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

Engel M. S., Perkovsky E. E. (2006) Psocoptera (Insecta) in Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine), Vestnik Zoologii 40, 175-179

Grimaldi, D. & Engel. 2006. Extralimital fossils of the “Gondwanan” family Sphaeropsocidae (Insecta: Psocodea). American Museum Novitates 3523:5 - via Psocodea Species File

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

Garcia Aldrete. 1990. In Dindal [Ed.]. Insecta: Psocoptera. Insecta: Psocoptera. Soil biology guide., New York 1033-1052 - via Psocodea Species File

Smithers, Courtenay. 1972. The classification and phylogeny of the Psocoptera. Australian Museum Memoirs 14:102 - via Psocodea Species File

Hagen. 1882[1881]. Some Psocina of the United States. Psyche 3:226 - via Psocodea Species File

Badonnel. 1963. Psocoptères terricoles, lapidicoles et corticicoles du Chili. Biologie de l'Amérique australe 2 - via Psocodea Species File

Mockford. 1993. North American Psocoptera (Insecta). North American Psocoptera (Insecta)., Flora and Fauna Handbook, Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida 10:XVIII+455 pp., 953 figs. - via Psocodea Species File

Ent. Ztg., Stettin, 43 - 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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

SN2000/Smithers, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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