Homilopscocidea is an
infraorder
Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between Family_(biology), family and Class_(biology), class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classific ...
of
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 Psoc ...
).
It is probably a
paraphyletic
Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co ...
group, still in use for lack of a better solution. There are about 7 families and more than 1,200 described species in Homilopsocidea.
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Families
These seven families belong to the infraorder Homilopsocidea:
* 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
Sources
*Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.
Further reading
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Insect infraorders
Psocomorpha
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