Psyllipsocidae

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Psyllipsocidae
Temporal range: Barremian–Recent
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Trogiomorpha
Infraorder: Psyllipsocetae
Family: Psyllipsocidae
Lienhard & Smithers, 2002

Psyllipsocidae is a family of cave barklice in the order Psocodea. There are about 7 genera and more than 70 described species in Psyllipsocidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Genera

These eight genera belong to the family Psyllipsocidae:

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References

  1. "Psyllipsocidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  2. "Psyllipsocidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  3. Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "family Psyllipsocidae Lienhard & Smithers, 2002". Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  4. Wang, R.; Li, S.; Ren, D.; Yao, Y. (2019). "New genus and species of the Psyllipsocidae (Psocodea: Trogiomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 104: Article 104178. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.07.008.

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