Calopsocidae
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Calopsocidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Psocoptera |
Suborder: | Psocomorpha |
Infraorder: | Homilopsocidea |
Family: | Calopsocidae |
Genera | |
Subfamily Callistopterinae
Subfamily Calopsocinae
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Calopsocidae is a family of Psocoptera (book lice) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of the family often have a Reticulation reticulate venation and coriaceous wings, and a head with a sharp vertex. Calopsocidae are especially diverse in New Guinea. This family is closely related to Pseudocaeciliidae.
See also
- Insect wing
- Comstock-Needham system
Sources
- Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.
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