Boopiidae

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Boopiidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocoptera
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Nanopsocetae
Family: Boopiidae
Mjoberg, 1910

Boopiidae is a family of lice in the order Psocodea. There are about 8 genera and more than 50 described species in Boopiidae. [1] [2] [3]

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Genera

These eight genera belong to the family Boopiidae:

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References

  1. "Boopiidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. "Boopiidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  3. Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "family Boopiidae Mjoberg, 1910". Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-23.

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