Psocomorpha Explained

Psocomorpha is a suborder of barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera).^[1] There are more than 20 families and 5,300 described species in Psocomorpha.

Phylogeny

The below cladogram of Psocodea shows the position of Psocomorpha:^[1]

Fossil record

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.^[2]

Classification

Psocomorpha contains 6 infraorders and 26 families:^[3]

• Archipsocetae
  • Archipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (ancient barklice)
• Caeciliusetae
  • Amphipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (hairy-winged barklice)
  • Asiopsocidae Mockford & Garcia Aldrete, 1976
  • Caeciliusidae Mockford, 2000 (lizard barklice)
  • Dasydemellidae Mockford, 1978 (shaggy psocids)
  • Paracaeciliidae Mockford, 1989
  • Stenopsocidae Pearman, 1936 (narrow barklice)
• Epipsocetae
  • Cladiopsocidae Smithers, 1972
  • Dolabellopsocidae Eertmoed, 1973
  • Epipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (elliptical barklice)
  • Ptiloneuridae Roesler, 1940
  • Spurostigmatidae Eertmoed, 1973
• Homilopsocidea
  • Ectopsocidae Roesler, 1944 (outer barklice)
  • Elipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (damp barklice)
  • Lachesillidae Pearman, 1936 (fateful barklice)
  • Lesneiidae Schmidt & New, 2004
  • Mesopsocidae Pearman, 1936 (middle barklice)
  • Peripsocidae Roesler, 1944 (stout barklice)
  • Sabulopsocidae Schmidt & New, 2004
• Philotarsetae
  • Philotarsidae Pearman, 1936 (loving barklice)
  • Pseudocaeciliidae Pearman, 1936 (false lizard barklice)
  • Trichopsocidae Pearman, 1936 (lash-faced psocids)
• Psocetae
  • Hemipsocidae Pearman, 1936 (leaf litter barklice)
  • Myopsocidae Pearman, 1936 (mouse-like barklice)
  • Psilopsocidae Roesler, 1944
  • Psocidae Hagen, 1865 (common barklice)

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. 1985SysEn..10..145L. 86331606.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. de Moya. Robert S. Yoshizawa. Kazunori. Walden. Kimberly K O. Sweet. Andrew D. Dietrich. Christopher H. Kevin P. Johnson. 2021-06-16. Buckley. Thomas. Phylogenomics of Parasitic and Nonparasitic Lice (Insecta: Psocodea): Combining Sequence Data and Exploring Compositional Bias Solutions in Next Generation Data Sets. Systematic Biology. en. 70. 4. 719–738. 10.1093/sysbio/syaa075. 32979270. 1063-5157. free.
2. Yoshizawa. Kazunori. Yamamoto. Shuhei. October 2021. The earliest fossil record of the suborder Psocomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with description of a new genus and species.. Insecta Matsumurana . New Series. 77. 1–15. 0020-1804.
3. Web site: 2021-11-05 . Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0 . 2021 . Johnson . Kevin P. . Smith . Vincent S. .