Ricinidae

Ricinidae

Ricinus bombycillae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Phthiraptera
Suborder:	Amblycera
Family:	Ricinidae

The Ricinidae are a family of a larger group Amblycera of the chewing lice. Most commonly they are ectoparasites of birds. The family includes the genus Ricinus.^[1]

References

↑ Bernard C. Nelson (1972): A Revision of the New World Species of Ricinus (Mallophaga). Occurring on Passeriformes (Aves), University of California Publications in Entomology Volume 68, University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles, ISBN 0-520-09412-3 PDF

Extant Psocodea families

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

Suborder Trogiomorpha

Atropetae	Lepidopsocidae Psoquillidae Trogiidae

Psocathropetae	Psyllipsocidae Prionoglarididae

Suborder Troctomorpha

Amphientometae

Electrentomidae
Protroctopsocidae
Troctopsocidae
Compsocidae
Musapsocidae
Amphientomidae

Nanopsocetae

Sphaeropsocidae

Phthiraptera
(non-Amblycera)
(lice)

Ischnocera	Heptapsogasteridae Goniodidae Philopteridae (paraphyletic) Trichodectidae

Rhyncophthirina	Haematomyzidae

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) Pthiridae (crab lice or pubic lice) Polyplacidae (spiny rat lice) Ratemiidae

clade

Pachytroctidae (paraphyletic?)

clade

Liposcelididae

Amblycera (lice)	Boopidae Gyropidae Laemobothriidae Menoponidae (chicken body lice) Ricinidae Trimenoponidae

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

Suborder Psocomorpha

Archipsocetae	Archipsocidae

Homilopsocidea (paraphyletic)	Bryopsocidae Elipsocidae Trichopsocidae Philotarsidae Calopsocidae Pseudocaeciliidae Mesopsocidae Ectopsocidae Peripsocidae Lachesillidae

Epipsocetae	Cladiopsocidae Dolabellopsocidae Epipsocidae Neurostigmatidae Ptiloneuridae

Psocetae	Hemipsocidae Psilopsocidae Myopsocidae Psocidae

Caeciliusetae	Asiopsocidae Dasydemellidae Stenopsocidae Amphipsocidae Caeciliusidae

Order Psocodea is comprised from paraphyletic order Psocoptera (book lice or bark lice) and polyphyletic order Phthiraptera (lice).

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