Ectopsocidae

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Ectopsocidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Psocoptera Suborder: Psocomorpha Infraorder: Homilopsocidea Family: Ectopsocidae
Genera
Ectianoculus Ectopsocopsis Ectopsocus Mascaropsocus

Ectopsocidae is a family of Psocoptera (book lice or bark lice) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family are characterised by their absence of an areola postica in their wings, like in the family Peripsocidae. The family includes fewer than 200 species, most of them in the genus Ectopsocus.

[edit] Sources

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