Pseudocaeciliidae

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Pseudocaeciliidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocoptera
Suborder: Psocomorpha
Infraorder: Homilopsocidea
Family: Pseudocaeciliidae
Genera

Subfamily Zelandopsocinae

Subfamily Pseudocaeciliinae

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

Pseudocaeciliidae is a family of Psocoptera belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. The name stems from a superficial resemblance to the distantly related family Caeciliusidae (formerly Caeciliidae). The family is closely related to the families Philotarsidae and Calopsocidae.

[edit] Sources

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