Caeciliusidae is a
family
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of
Psocodea
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(formerly
Psocoptera
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) belonging to the
suborder
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Psocomorpha
Psocomorpha is a suborder of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the order (biology), order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). There are more than 20 families and 5,300 described species in Psocomorpha.
Phylogeny
The below cladogram of Psoco ...
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The family was once named Caeciliidae, but the latter name was changed because of
homonymy
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with the amphibian family
Caeciliidae
Caeciliidae is the family of common caecilians. They are found in Central and South America. Like other caecilians, they superficially resemble worms or snakes.
Although they are the most diverse of the caecilian families, the caeciliids do ha ...
. The subfamily Paracaeciliinae was formerly in Caeciliusidae, but it has been elevated to family rank,
Paracaeciliidae.
There are at least 40 genera and 650 described species in Caeciliusidae.
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Genera
These 40 genera belong to the family Caeciliusidae:[
* '' Amphicaecilius'' Li, 2002
* '' Anoculaticaeca'' Li, 1997
* '' Aphyopsocus'' Smithers, 1982
* '' Asiocaecilius'' Mockford, 2000
* '' Austrocaecilius'' Smithers, 1981
* '' Bassocaecilius'' Schmidt & New, 2008
* '' Bivalvicaecilia'' Li, 2002
* '' Caecilius'' Curtis, 1837
* '' Clinocaecilius'' Schmidt & New, 2008
* '' Coryphaca'' Enderlein, 1910
* '' Coryphosmila'' Enderlein, 1925
* '' Disialacaecilia'' Li, 2002
* '' Dypsocopsis'' Mockford, 2000
* '' Dypsocus'' Hagen, 1866
* '' Epicaecilius'' Mockford, 2000
* '' Fuelleborniella'' Enderlein, 1902
* '' Graminacaecilius'' Schmidt & New, 2008
* '' Hageniola'' Banks, 1931
* '' Isophanes'' Banks, 1937
* '' Isophanopsis'' Badonnel, 1981
* '' Licaecilius'' Li, 2002
* '' Lienhardiella'' Mockford, 2000
* '' Maoripsocopsis'' Mockford, 2000
* '' Maoripsocus'' Tillyard, 1923
* '' Nothocaecilius'' Schmidt & New, 2008
* '' Orocaecilius'' Mockford, 2000
* '' Parvialacaecilia'' Li, 2002
* '' Pericaecilius'' Mockford, 2000
* '' Phymocaecilius'' Li, 2002
* '' Protodypsocus'' Enderlein, 1903
* '' Smithersiella'' Badonnel, 1977
* '' Stenocaecilius'' Mockford, 2000
* '' Tasmanocaecilius'' Schmidt & New, 2008
* '' Thorntoniella'' Mockford, 2000
* '']Valenzuela
Valenzuela may refer to:
Places
* Valenzuela, Paraguay
* Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines
* Valenzuela, Spain
* Valenzuela de Calatrava, Spain
* Valenzuela, Louisiana
Other uses
* Valenzuela (surname), including a list of people with the ...
'' Navas, 1924
* '' Ypsiloneura'' Pearman, 1932
* † '' Eopsocites'' Hong, 2002
* † '' Fushunopsocus'' Hong, 2002
* † '' Ptenolasia'' Enderlein, 1911
* † '' Stenopterites'' Hong, 2002
Sources
*Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.
Insect families
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