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Pseudocaeciliidae

Pseudocaeciliidae is a family of Psocodea belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. The name stems from a superficial resemblance to the distantly related family Caeciliusidae. The family is closely related to the family Philotarsidae, both within the infraorder Philotarsetae.

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Pseudocaeciliidae
Mepleres watti forewing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Psocomorpha
Infraorder: Philotarsetae
Family: Pseudocaeciliidae
Pearman, 1936
Genera

Subfamily Zelandopsocinae

Subfamily Pseudocaeciliinae

  • Allocaecilius
  • Allopsocus
  • Chorocaecilius
  • Cladioneura
  • Diplocaecilius
  • Heterocaecilius
  • Levucaecilius
  • Lobocaecilius
  • Mepleres
  • Mesocaecilius
  • Ophiodopelma
  • Phallocaecilius
  • Pseudocaecilius
  • Scottiella
  • Scytopsocopsis
  • Scytopsocus
  • Trichocaecilius
  • Trimerocaecilius
Synonyms1

Calopsocidae Pearman, 1936

Pseudocaeciliidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha.1 The name stems from a superficial resemblance to the distantly related family Caeciliusidae (formerly Caeciliidae). The family is closely related to the family Philotarsidae, both within the infraorder Philotarsetae.

Sources

Sources

  1. Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  • Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.