Epipsocetae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Psocodea
Ordo: Psocoptera
Subordo: Psocomorpha
Infraordo: Epipsocetae
Familiae (5): Cladiopsocidae – Dolabellopsocidae – Epipsocidae – Ptiloneuridae – ?Spurostigmatidae
Name

Epipsocetae
References

Casasola González, J.A. 2006: Phylogenetic relationships of the genera of Epipsocetae (Psocoptera: Psocomorpha). Zootaxa, 1194: 1–32. Abstract & excerpt PDF
New, T.R. 1980: Epipsocetae (Psocoptera) from the Reserva Ducke, Amazonas. Acta amazonica, 10(1): 179–206. PDF

Links

Psocodea Species File

Epipsocetae is an infraorder of psocids in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera).[1][2] There are about 5 families and more than 480 described species in Epipsocetae.[3][4][5]

Families

These five families belong to the infraorder Epipsocetae:

Cladiopsocidae Smithers, 1972
Dolabellopsocidae Eertmoed, 1973
Epipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (elliptical barklice)
Ptiloneuridae Roesler, 1940
Spurostigmatidae Eertmoed, 1973

References

Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "Psocodea Species File Online". Retrieved 14 June 2019.
Bess, Emilie; Smith, Vince; Lienhard, Charles; Johnson, Kevin P. (2006). "Psocodea". Tree of Life. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
"Epipsocetae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
"Epipsocetae infraorder Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "infraorder Epipsocetae". Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

Further reading

Lyal, Ch H. C. (1985). "Phylogeny and classification of the Psocodea, with particular reference to the lice (Psocodea: Phthiraptera)". Systematic Entomology. 10 (2): 145–165. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1985.tb00525.x. ISSN 0307-6970.
Yoshizawa, Kazunori (2002). "Phylogeny and higher classification of suborder Psocomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea: 'Psocoptera')". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136 (3): 371–400. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00036.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
Yoshizawa, Kazunori (2005). "Morphology of Psocomorpha (Psocodea:'Psocoptera')". Insecta Matsumurana. New Series. 62: 1–44. hdl:2115/10524.