Myopsocidae

Myopsocidae
Lichenomima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Psocomorpha
Infraorder: Psocetae
Family: 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 distinguished by three-segmented tarsi.

There are about 8 genera and at least 180 described species in Myopsocidae.

Genera

These eight genera belong to the family Myopsocidae:

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Sources

  1. ↑ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  2. 1 2 "Myopsocidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. 1 2 "Browse Myopsocidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. 1 2 "Myopsocidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  5. 1 2 "Myopsocidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.