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Epipsocetae is an infraorder of psocids in the
order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
Psocodea Psocodea is a taxonomic group of insects comprising the bark lice, book lice and parasitic lice. It was formerly considered a superorder, but is now generally considered by entomologists as an order. Despite the greatly differing appearance of ...
(formerly
Psocoptera Psocoptera are a paraphyletic group of insects that are commonly known as booklice, barklice or barkflies. The name Psocoptera has been replaced with Psocodea in recent literature, with the inclusion of the former order Phthiraptera into Psocode ...
). There are about 5 families and more than 480 described species in Epipsocetae.


Families

These five families belong to the infraorder Epipsocetae: *
Cladiopsocidae Cladiopsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Like the other members of the infraorder Epipsocetae Epipsocetae is an infraorder of psocids in the order (biology), order Psocodea (formerly P ...
Smithers, 1972 *
Dolabellopsocidae Dolabellopsocidae is an insect family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha, that includes the genera '' Isthmopsocus'', '' Dolabellopsocus'', and '' Auroropsocus''. Like the other members of the infraorder Epips ...
Eertmoed, 1973 *
Epipsocidae Epipsocidae is an insect family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha, that includes, among others, the genera '' Bertkauia'', '' Epipsocus'', '' Epipsocopsis'', '' Goja'', and the New Guinean endemic '' Dicropso ...
Pearman, 1936 (elliptical barklice) *
Ptiloneuridae Ptiloneuridae (literally "downy veins") is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Like the other members of the infraorder Epipsocetae Epipsocetae is an infraorder of psocids in the order (biology), o ...
Roesler, 1940 *
Spurostigmatidae Spurostigmatidae is a family of lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera Psocoptera are a paraphyletic group of insects that are commonly known as booklice, barklice or barkflies. The name Psocoptera has been replaced with Psocodea in r ...
Eertmoed, 1973


References


Further reading

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External links

Psocomorpha {{psocoptera-stub