Calopsocidae is a former
family of
Psocodea (formerly
Psocoptera) (book lice) belonging to the
suborder
Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...
Psocomorpha. This family is now considered to be a
junior synonym
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
of
Pseudocaeciliidae.
Members of the family often have a
reticulate venation and coriaceous wings, and a head with a sharp vertex, and they are especially diverse in
New Guinea.
See also
*
Insect wing
*
Comstock-Needham system
Sources
* Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.
Psocoptera families
Psocomorpha
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