Psocomorpha is a suborder of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the order

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 ...

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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 more than 20 families and 5,300 described species in Psocomorpha. Green-eyed Barklouse - Flickr - treegrow

Phylogeny

The below

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shows the position of Psocomorpha:

Fossil record

The oldest fossil record of the suborder is '' Burmesopsocus lienhardi'' from the mid-Cretaceous (early

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

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Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

, which is not assigned to any family.

Classification

Psocomorpha contains 6

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Archipsocetae Archipsocidae is a family of barklice of the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterized by their reduced wing venation. Some species are viviparous Among animals, viv ...

** Archipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (ancient barklice) *

Caeciliusetae Caeciliusetae is an infraorder of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) in the suborder Psocomorpha. There are about 6 families and more than 1,300 described species in Caeciliusetae. Families These six families belong to the infraorder Caeciliuseta ...

** Amphipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (hairy-winged barklice) ** Asiopsocidae Mockford & Garcia Aldrete, 1976 **

Caeciliusidae Caeciliusidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. The family was once named Caeciliidae, but the latter name was changed because of homonymy with the amphibian family Caeciliidae. The subfamily Pa ...

Mockford, 2000 (lizard barklice) ** Dasydemellidae Mockford, 1978 (shaggy psocids) ** Paracaeciliidae Mockford, 1989 ** Stenopsocidae Pearman, 1936 (narrow barklice) *

Epipsocetae Epipsocetae is an infraorder of psocids in the order (biology), order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). There are about 5 families and more than 480 described species in Epipsocetae. Families These five families belong to the infraorder Epipsoceta ...

** Cladiopsocidae 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 O ...

Eertmoed, 1973 ** Epipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (elliptical barklice) ** Ptiloneuridae Roesler, 1940 ** Spurostigmatidae Eertmoed, 1973 *

Homilopsocidea Homilopscocidea is an infraorder of 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 recent litera ...

** Ectopsocidae Roesler, 1944 (outer barklice) ** Elipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (damp barklice) ** Lachesillidae Pearman, 1936 (fateful barklice) ** Lesneiidae Schmidt & New, 2004 ** Mesopsocidae Pearman, 1936 (middle barklice) ** Peripsocidae Roesler, 1944 (stout barklice) ** Sabulopsocidae Schmidt & New, 2004 *

Philotarsetae Philotarsetae is an infraorder of bark lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), within the suborder Psocomorpha. Families These three families belong to the infraorder Philotarsetae: * Philotarsidae Pearman, 1936 (loving barklice) * ...

** Philotarsidae Pearman, 1936 (loving barklice) **

Pseudocaeciliidae Pseudocaeciliidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. The name stems from a superficial resemblance to the distantly related family Caeciliusidae (formerly Caeciliidae). The family is closely rela ...

Pearman, 1936 (false lizard barklice) ** Trichopsocidae Pearman, 1936 (lash-faced psocids) *

Psocetae Psocetae is an infraorder of bark lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), within the suborder Psocomorpha Psocomorpha is a suborder of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). There are mo ...

** Hemipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (leaf litter barklice) **

Myopsocidae Myopsocidae is a family of mouse-like barklice, belonging to the infraorder Psocetae of the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). This family is closely related to Psocidae, with which it shares similar wing-venation, but from which it is distin ...

Pearman, 1936 (mouse-like barklice) ** Psilopsocidae Roesler, 1944 **

Psocidae Psocidae is a family of barklice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). Members of this family are recognized by their wing-venation, where the areola postica is fused to the M-vein, giving rise to the so-called discoidal cell. This fam ...

Hagen, 1865 (common barklice)

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* Insect suborders Psocodea {{psocoptera-stub

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