Psocomorpha

Psocomorpha
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Abelopsocus basipunctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
(unranked): Paraneoptera
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Psocomorpha
Roesler, 1944
Infraorders[1]

Psocomorpha is a suborder of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera).[2][3][1] There are more than 20 families and 5,300 described species in Psocomorpha.[4][5][6]

Xanthocaecilius sommermanae

Phylogeny[edit]

The below cladogram of Psocodea shows the position of Psocomorpha:[1]

Psocodea

Fossil record[edit]

The oldest fossil record of the suborder is Burmesopsocus lienhardi from the mid-Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) Burmese amber, which is not assigned to any family.[7]

Classification[edit]

Psocomorpha contains 6 infraorders and 26 families:[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c de Moya, Robert S; Yoshizawa, Kazunori; Walden, Kimberly K O; Sweet, Andrew D; Dietrich, Christopher H; Kevin P, Johnson (2021-06-16). Buckley, Thomas (ed.). "Phylogenomics of Parasitic and Nonparasitic Lice (Insecta: Psocodea): Combining Sequence Data and Exploring Compositional Bias Solutions in Next Generation Data Sets". Systematic Biology. 70 (4): 719–738. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syaa075. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 32979270.
  2. ^ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "Psocodea Species File Online". Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  3. ^ Bess, Emilie; Smith, Vince; Lienhard, Charles; Johnson, Kevin P. (2006). "Psocodea". Tree of Life. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  4. ^ "Psocomorpha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  5. ^ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "suborder Psocomorpha". Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
  6. ^ Yoshizawa, Kazunori; Yamamoto, Shuhei (October 2021). "The earliest fossil record of the suborder Psocomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with description of a new genus and species". Insecta Matsumurana. New Series. 77: 1–15. ISSN 0020-1804.
  7. ^ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05.

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