Psocomorpha is a

suborder 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 ...

of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

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 ...

). There are more than 20 families and 5,300 described species in Psocomorpha. Green-eyed Barklouse - Flickr - treegrow

Phylogeny

The below cladogram of

shows the position of Psocomorpha:

Fossil record

The oldest fossil record of the suborder is '' Burmesopsocus lienhardi'' from the mid-Cretaceous (early

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

) Burmese amber, which is not assigned to any family.

Classification

Psocomorpha contains 6 infraorders and 26

families Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideall ...

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Archipsocetae Archipsocidae is a family of barklice of the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterized by their reduced wing venation. Some species are viviparous Among animals, viv ...

Archipsocidae Archipsocidae is a family of barklice of the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterized by their reduced wing venation. Some species are viviparous. The family includes abou ...

Pearman, 1936 (ancient barklice) *

Caeciliusetae Caeciliusetae is an infraorder of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) in the suborder Psocomorpha. There are about 6 families and more than 1,300 described species in Caeciliusetae. Families These six families belong to the infraorder Caeciliuseta ...

Amphipsocidae Amphipsocidae is a family of hairy-winged barklice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). Most species are 3.0-4.5 mm long and have many setae (hairs) on the veins and margin of the forewing. The main veins of the forewing are usually ...

Pearman, 1936 (hairy-winged barklice) **

Asiopsocidae Asiopsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the infraorder Caeciliusetae Caeciliusetae is an infraorder of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) in the suborder Psocomorpha. There are about 6 families and more than 1,300 d ...

Mockford & Garcia Aldrete, 1976 **

Caeciliusidae Caeciliusidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. The family was once named Caeciliidae, but the latter name was changed because of homonymy In linguistics, homonyms are words which are homogra ...

Mockford, 2000 (lizard barklice) **

Dasydemellidae Dasydemellidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha, in the infraorder Caeciliusetae Caeciliusetae is an infraorder of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) in the suborder Psocomorpha. There are about 6 ...

Mockford, 1978 (shaggy psocids) **

Paracaeciliidae Paracaeciliidae is a family of bark lice in the order Psocodea (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 ...

Mockford, 1989 **

Stenopsocidae Stenopsocidae is a family of Psocoptera belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha, in the infraorder Caeciliusetae Caeciliusetae is an infraorder of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) in the suborder Psocomorpha. There are about 6 families and more th ...

Pearman, 1936 (narrow barklice) *

Epipsocetae Epipsocetae is an infraorder of psocids in the order (biology), order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). There are about 5 families and more than 480 described species in Epipsocetae. Families These five families belong to the infraorder Epipsoceta ...

Cladiopsocidae Cladiopsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Like the other members of the infraorder Epipsocetae Epipsocetae is an infraorder of psocids in the order (biology), order Psocodea (formerly P ...

Smithers, 1972 **

Dolabellopsocidae Dolabellopsocidae is an insect family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha, that includes the genera '' Isthmopsocus'', '' Dolabellopsocus'', and '' Auroropsocus''. Like the other members of the infraorder Epips ...

Eertmoed, 1973 **

Epipsocidae Epipsocidae is an insect family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha, that includes, among others, the genera '' Bertkauia'', '' Epipsocus'', '' Epipsocopsis'', '' Goja'', and the New Guinean endemic '' Dicropso ...

Pearman, 1936 (elliptical barklice) **

Ptiloneuridae Ptiloneuridae (literally "downy veins") is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Like the other members of the infraorder Epipsocetae Epipsocetae is an infraorder of psocids in the order (biology), o ...

Roesler, 1940 **

Spurostigmatidae Spurostigmatidae is a family of lice in the order Psocodea (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 r ...

Eertmoed, 1973 *

Homilopsocidea Homilopscocidea is an infraorder of Psocodea (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 litera ...

Ectopsocidae Ectopsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) (book lice or bark lice) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. The family includes fewer than 200 species, most of them in the genus '' Ectopsocus''. Distribution & Habitat They are dis ...

Roesler, 1944 (outer barklice) **

Elipsocidae Elipsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the infraorder Homilopsocidea. Members of the family have a free areola postica. Many species are apterous (without wings). The family includes about 130 species in more than ...

Pearman, 1936 (damp barklice) **

Lachesillidae Lachesillidae (or fateful barklice) is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterized by a rounded, free areola postica in their wings. Males have diverse sclerotized geni ...

Pearman, 1936 (fateful barklice) ** Lesneiidae Schmidt & New, 2004 **

Mesopsocidae Mesopsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha Psocomorpha is a suborder of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). There are more than 20 families ...

Pearman, 1936 (middle barklice) **

Peripsocidae Peripsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterised by their absence of an areola postica in their wings. Many of the recently described genera are closely alli ...

Roesler, 1944 (stout barklice) **

Sabulopsocidae Sabulopsocidae is a family of lice in the order Psocodea. There are at least two genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of b ...

Schmidt & New, 2004 *

Philotarsetae Philotarsetae is an infraorder of bark lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), within the suborder Psocomorpha. Families These three families belong to the infraorder Philotarsetae: * Philotarsidae Pearman, 1936 (loving barklice) * ...

Philotarsidae Philotarsidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. The family is closely related to the family Pseudocaeciliidae, both within the infraorder Philotarsetae. It includes the following genera Genu ...

Pearman, 1936 (loving barklice) **

Pseudocaeciliidae Pseudocaeciliidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. The name stems from a superficial resemblance to the distantly related family Caeciliusidae (formerly Caeciliidae). The family is closely rela ...

Pearman, 1936 (false lizard barklice) **

Trichopsocidae Trichopsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha Psocomorpha is a suborder of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). There are more than 20 famili ...

Pearman, 1936 (lash-faced psocids) *

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 ...

Hemipsocidae Hemipsocidae is an insect family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the infraorder Psocetae. Members of the family have the areola postica joined to the M vein by a crossvein, and their M vein is two-branched. This family comprises tw ...

Pearman, 1936 (leaf litter barklice) **

Myopsocidae Myopsocidae is a family of mouse-like barklice, belonging to the infraorder Psocetae of the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). This family is closely related to Psocidae, with which it shares similar wing-venation, but from which it is distin ...

Pearman, 1936 (mouse-like barklice) **

Psilopsocidae Psilopsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the infraorder Psocetae Psocetae is an infraorder of bark lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), within the suborder Psocomorpha Psocomorpha is a suborder ...

Roesler, 1944 **

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 ...

Hagen, 1865 (common barklice)

References

External links

* Insect suborders Psocodea {{psocoptera-stub

Phylogeny

Fossil record

Classification

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