Contributions to the Palaeobiodiversity of Psocodea (‘Psocoptera’) from Lebanese Amber: A Review

Abstract

Psocodea has been globally reported in different Mesozoic and Cenozoic amber deposits, one of which is Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber. The latter is one of the oldest ambers, with rich biological inclusions, bringing about the discovery of multiple new taxa of arthropods, some representing the earliest known records of their lineages. A total of fourteen psocodean species (of which one is an unidentified immature species) have been described to date from this material, which we review and discuss in this paper. A key for the identification of psocodean species discovered in Lebanese amber is also provided.