Psocomorpha Temporal range:
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Abelopsocus basipunctatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
(unranked): | Paraneoptera |
Order: | Psocodea |
Suborder: | Psocomorpha Roesler, 1944 |
Infraorders[1] | |
Psocomorpha is a suborder of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera).[2][3][1] There are more than 20 families and 5,300 described species in Psocomorpha.[4][5][6]
The below cladogram of Psocodea shows the position of Psocomorpha:[1]
The oldest fossil record of the suborder is Burmesopsocus lienhardi from the mid-Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) Burmese amber, which is not assigned to any family.[7]
Psocomorpha contains 6 infraorders and 26 families:[8]