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Amphipsocidae is a 
family
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of hairy-winged barklice 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 ...
(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 Psoco ...
). Most species are 3.0-4.5 mm long and have many setae
In biology, setae (singular seta ; from the Latin word for " bristle") are any of a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms.
Animal setae
Protostomes
Annelid setae are stiff bristles present on the body. ...
(hairs) on the veins and margin of the forewing. The main veins of the forewing are usually lined with two rows of setae. Like the other members of the infra-order 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 ...
, they have a broad, flat labrum, with well defined edges.
There are at least 19 genera and 240 described species in Amphipsocidae. These inconspicuous insects are widely distributed. The large genus ''Amphipsocus'' (98 named species) is found in the Afrotropics and eastern Asia. The genera ''Afropsocus'', ''Capillopsocus'', ''Ctenopsocus'', ''Harpezoneura'', ''Pentathyrsus'', ''Schizopechus'', and ''Xenopsocus'' are endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to the Afrotropical region, whereas ''Complaniamphus'', ''Pseudokolbea'', ''Siniamphipsocus'', and ''Tagalopsocus'' are endemic to eastern Asia. The genus ''Polypsocus'' is endemic to the Americas; Europe has two species, ''Kolbia quisquiliarum'' and ''Brachypsocus badonneli''.
Genera
These 21 genera belong to the family Amphipsocidae: * '' Afropsocus'' c g * '' Amphipsocopsis'' c g * '' Amphipsocus'' c g * '' Brachypsocus'' c g * '' Calocaecilius'' c g * '' Capillopsocus'' c g * '' Complaniamphus'' c g * '' Ctenopsocus'' c g * '' Dasypsocus'' c g * '' Harpezoneura'' c g * '' Kodamaius'' c g * '' Kolbia'' c g * '' Pentathyrsus'' c g * '' Polypsocus'' Hagen, 1866 i c g b * '' Pseudokolbea'' c g * '' Ptenopsila'' c g * '' Schizopechus'' c g * '' Siniamphipsocus'' c g * '' Taeniostigma'' c g * '' Tagalopsocus'' c g * '' Xenopsocus'' c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.netSources
*Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève. * *External links
* Psocoptera families Caeciliusetae {{Psocoptera-stub