Lachesilla is the main genus in the psocopteran family Lachesillidae. There are at least 310 described species in Lachesilla.[1][2][3][4][5] Frequent species in the Northern hemisphere include Lachesilla quercus and Lachesilla pedicularia. Some species are localized: Lachesilla merzi has been collected only once in Spain and Lachesilla rossica, apart from the original specimens that were found in southern Russia, is only known from the Valley of the Allondon river, near Geneva, Switzerland.[6]

Lachesilla
Lachesilla texana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Lachesillidae
Subfamily: Lachesillinae
Genus: Lachesilla
Westwood, 1840

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  1. ^ "Lachesilla Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. ^ "Lachesilla Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  3. ^ "Lachesilla Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  4. ^ "Browse Lachesilla". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  5. ^ C. Lienhard & C. N. Smithers (2002). "Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography". Instrumenta Biodiversitatis (Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Geneva) 5.
  6. ^ C. Lienhard (1998): Psocoptères euro-méditerranéens. Faune de France 83. Fédération Francaise des Societes de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. XX + 517 p.