Philotarsetae

Philotarsetae
Philotarsopsis guttata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Suborder:	Psocomorpha
Infraorder:	Philotarsetae
Families [1]
Philotarsidae Pseudocaeciliidae Trichopsocidae

Philotarsetae is an infraorder of bark lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), within the suborder Psocomorpha. ^[1]

Phylogeny

The below cladogram of Psocodea shows the position of Philotarsetae within Psocomorpha: ^[2]

Psocodea	Troctomorpha Phthiraptera Philopteridae Anoplura Rhynchophthirina Trichodectidae Amblycera Liposcelididae Pachytroctidae Sphaeropsocidae Amphientometae Psocomorpha Homilopsocidea Caeciliusetae Psocetae Epipsocetae Philotarsetae Archipsocetae Trogiomorpha Atropetae Psyllipsocetae Prionoglaridetae (paraphyletic)

Families

These three families belong to the infraorder Philotarsetae:

• Philotarsidae Pearman, 1936 (loving barklice)
• Pseudocaeciliidae Pearman, 1936 (false lizard barklice)
• Trichopsocidae Pearman, 1936 (lash-faced psocids)

Sources

1. Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0" . Retrieved 2021-11-05.
2. de Moya, Robert S; Yoshizawa, Kazunori; Walden, Kimberly K O; Sweet, Andrew D; Dietrich, Christopher H; Kevin P, Johnson (2021-06-16). Buckley, Thomas (ed.). "Phylogenomics of Parasitic and Nonparasitic Lice (Insecta: Psocodea): Combining Sequence Data and Exploring Compositional Bias Solutions in Next Generation Data Sets". Systematic Biology. 70 (4): 719–738. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syaa075 . ISSN   1063-5157. PMID   32979270.