Epipsocetae Explained

Epipsocetae is an infraorder of psocids in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera). There are about 5 families and more than 480 described species in Epipsocetae.

Families

These five families belong to the infraorder Epipsocetae:

• Cladiopsocidae Smithers, 1972
• Dolabellopsocidae Eertmoed, 1973
• Epipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (elliptical barklice)
• Ptiloneuridae Roesler, 1940
• Spurostigmatidae Eertmoed, 1973

Further reading

• Phylogeny and classification of the Psocodea, with particular reference to the lice (Psocodea: Phthiraptera). 1985. Lyal . Ch H. C.. Systematic Entomology. 10. 2. 145–165. 0307-6970. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1985.tb00525.x.
• Phylogeny and higher classification of suborder Psocomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea: 'Psocoptera'). 2002. Yoshizawa . Kazunori. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136. 3. 371–400. 0024-4082. 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00036.x. free.
• Morphology of Psocomorpha (Psocodea:'Psocoptera'). 2005. Yoshizawa . Kazunori. Insecta Matsumurana. New Series. 62. 1–44. 2115/10524. free.