Myopsocidae is a
family
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of mouse-like barklice, belonging to the
infraorder
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 ...
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 ...
of 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 ...
).
This family is closely related to
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 ...
, with which it shares similar wing-venation, but from which it is distinguished by three-segmented
tarsi.
There are about 8 genera and at least 180 described species in Myopsocidae.
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Genera
These eight genera belong to the family Myopsocidae:
* '' Gyromyus'' c g
* '' Lichenomima'' Enderlein, 1910 i c g b
* '' Lophopterygella'' c g
* '' Mouldsia'' c g
* '' Myopsocus'' Hagen, 1866 i c g b
* '' Nimbopsocus'' c g
* '' Smithersia'' c g
* '' Thorntonodes'' c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
Sources
* Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.
Psocoptera families
Psocetae
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