Homilopsocidea
Group of booklice
Homilopscocidea is an infraorder of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). It is likely a paraphyletic group, still in use for lack of a better solution. There are about 7 families and more than 1,200 described species in Homilopsocidea.
01Families
These seven families belong to the infraorder Homilopsocidea:
- Ectopsocidae Roesler, 1944 (outer barklice)
- Elipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (damp barklice)
- Lachesillidae Pearman, 1936 (fateful barklice)
- Lesneiidae Schmidt & New, 2004
- Mesopsocidae Pearman, 1936 (middle barklice)
- Peripsocidae Roesler, 1944 (stout barklice)
- Sabulopsocidae Schmidt & New, 2004
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- Outer Barklice - Ectopsocus californicus, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg by Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0
- Mesopsocus sp. (14322436855).jpg by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0
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