Protroctopsocidae

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Protroctopsocidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocoptera
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Amphientometae
Superfamily: Electrentomoidea
Family: Protroctopsocidae
Smithers, 1972

Protroctopsocidae is a family of psocids in the order Psocodea. There are at least four genera and about five described species in Protroctopsocidae. [1] [2] [3]

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Genera

These four genera belong to the family Protroctopsocidae:

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References

  1. "Protroctopsocidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. "Protroctopsocidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  3. Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "family Protroctopsocidae Smithers, 1972". Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-23.

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