| Nanopsocetae Temporal range:
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| Liposcelis | |
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| Crab louse | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Nanopsocetae Pearman, 1936 |
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Nanopsocetae is one of two major divisions of Troctomorpha in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera),12 alongside Amphientometae. There are more than 20 families and 5,200 described species in Nanopsocetae.34
Taxonomy
The clade contains four major groups, Phthiraptera (lice), Liposcelididae, Pachytroctidae and Sphaeropsocidae.4
References
References
- Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "Psocodea Species File Online". Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- Bess, Emilie; Smith, Vince; Lienhard, Charles; Johnson, Kevin P. (2006). "Psocodea". Tree of Life. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
- "Nanopsocetae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "infraorder Nanopsocetae". Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
Further reading
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.