Psocetae 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 bark lice 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 ...
), within the
suborder
Order () 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 recognized ...
Psocomorpha
Psocomorpha is a suborder of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the order (biology), order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). There are more than 20 families and 5,300 described species in Psocomorpha.
Phylogeny
The below cladogram of Psoco ...
.
It includes the families
Hemipsocidae,
Myopsocidae
Myopsocidae is a family (biology), family of mouse-like barklice, belonging to the infraorder Psocetae of the order (biology), order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). This family is closely related to Psocidae, with which it shares similar wing-ven ...
,
Psilopsocidae and
Psocidae
Psocidae is a family (biology), family of barklice in the order (biology), 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 ...
.
References
* Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.
Insect infraorders
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