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Epipsocetae 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 psocids in the
order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...
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 ...
). There are about 5 families and more than 480 described species in Epipsocetae.


Families

These five families belong to the infraorder Epipsocetae: *
Cladiopsocidae Cladiopsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Like the other members of the infraorder Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified ...
Smithers, 1972 * Dolabellopsocidae Eertmoed, 1973 * Epipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (elliptical barklice) * Ptiloneuridae Roesler, 1940 * Spurostigmatidae Eertmoed, 1973


References


Further reading

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External links

Psocomorpha {{psocoptera-stub