Peripsocidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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 Psocode ...
) belonging to the
suborder
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Psocomorpha
Psocomorpha is a suborder of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). There are more than 20 families and 5,300 described species in Psocomorpha.
Phylogeny
The below cladogram of Psocodea shows the p ...
.
Members of the family are characterised by their absence of an areola postica in their wings. Many of the recently described
genera
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are closely allied to ''
Peripsocus''. The family includes more than 300 species.
Genera
These 12 genera belong to the family Peripsocidae:
* ''
Bicuspidatus''
c g
* ''
Campanulatus''
c g
* ''
Coniperipsocus''
c g
* ''
Cycloperipsocus''
c g
* ''
Diplopsocus''
c g
* ''
Kaestneriella''
Roesler, 1943 i c g b
* ''
Orbiperipsocus''
c g
* ''
Pericupsocus''
c g
* ''
Peripsocus''
Hagen, 1866 i c g b
* ''
Periterminalis''
c g
* ''
Properipsocus''
c g
* ''
Turriperipsocus''
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.
Further reading
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Psocoptera families
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