Epipsocidae

Family of booklice

Epipsocidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Suborder:	Psocomorpha
Infraorder:	Epipsocetae
Family:	Epipsocidae

Epipsocidae is an insect family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha,^[1] that includes, among others, the genera Bertkauia, Epipsocus, Epipsocopsis, Goja, and the New Guinean endemic Dicropsocus. It includes 16 genera with more than 140 species.^[2] The only European species in the family is the (almost always) apterous Bertkauia lucifuga. Like the other members of the infraorder Epipsocetae, they have a labrum with two sclerotized ridges. Epipsocids are barklice found primarily in tropical regions, and one of their distinguishing characteristics is the hairy ventral surface of the forewing.^[3]

Sources

Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.

References

^ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05.
^ "Epipsocidae". Tree of Life. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^ Eric Tentarelli (2012). A Guide to Insects (1st ed.). Blackwell. p. 406.

Extant Psocodea families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Paraneoptera

Suborder Trogiomorpha

Atropetae	Lepidopsocidae Psoquillidae Trogiidae
Prionoglaridetae	Prionoglarididae (paraphyletic)
Psyllipsocetae	Psyllipsocidae

Suborder Troctomorpha

Amphientometae

Nanopsocetae

Phthiraptera
(lice)

Amblycera	Ancistronidae Boopidae Colpocephalidae Gliricolidae Gyropidae Laemobothriidae Menoponidae (chicken body lice) Pseudomenoponidae Ricinidae Somaphantidae Trimenoponidae Trinotonidae
Anoplura (sucking lice)	Echinophthiriidae (seal lice) Enderleinellidae Haematopinidae (ungulate lice) Hamophthiriidae Hoplopleuridae (armoured lice) Hybothiridae Linognathidae (pale lice) Microthoraciidae Neolinognathidae Pecaroecidae Pedicinidae Pediculidae (body lice, head lice) Polyplacidae (spiny rat lice) Pthiridae (crab lice or pubic lice) Ratemiidae
Ischnocera (paraphyletic)	Bovicolidae Dasyonygidae Goniodidae Heptapsogasteridae Lipeuridae Philopteridae (paraphyletic) Trichodectidae Trichophilopteridae
Rhyncophthirina	Haematomyzidae

Ischnocera, Rhyncophthirina and Amblycera comprise paraphyletic suborder Mallophaga (chewing lice).

Suborder Psocomorpha

Archipsocetae	Archipsocidae
Caeciliusetae	Amphipsocidae Asiopsocidae Caeciliusidae Dasydemellidae Paracaeciliidae Stenopsocidae
Epipsocetae	Cladiopsocidae Dolabellopsocidae Epipsocidae Ptiloneuridae Spurostigmatidae
Homilopsocidea	Ectopsocidae Elipsocidae Lachesillidae Lesneiidae Mesopsocidae Peripsocidae Sabulopsocidae
Philotarsetae	Philotarsidae Pseudocaeciliidae Trichopsocidae
Psocetae	Hemipsocidae Myopsocidae Psilopsocidae Psocidae

Order Psocodea is comprised of paraphyletic Psocoptera (book lice or bark lice) and monophyletic Phthiraptera (lice), both previously classified as orders.

Taxon identifiers
Epipsocidae	Wikidata: Q5383212 Wikispecies: Epipsocidae AFD: Epipsocidae BOLD: 172911 BugGuide: 247247 CoL: 8MPD4 EoL: 1040 Fauna Europaea: 12147 Fauna Europaea (new): ac8a9e05-fac0-4f2e-b55e-3de73bc33583 GBIF: 4375 iNaturalist: 245143 IRMNG: 100458 ITIS: 103329 NBN: NBNSYS0000159956 NCBI: 209957 Open Tree of Life: 417628 Paleobiology Database: 220296 Plazi: C64E87D9-EF22-152C-FF33-F8B159F39560 Psocodea Species File (old): 1192241 Psocodea Species File (new): 871605

Taxon identifiers

Epipsocidae