Lepidopsocidae

Lepidopsocidae
Echmepteryx hageni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Trogiomorpha
Infraorder: Atropetae
Family: Lepidopsocidae
Enderlein, 1903
Echmepteryx hamiltoni

Lepidopsocidae are an insect family of bark lice belonging to the suborder Trogiomorpha. Colloquially, Lepidopsocidae are referred to as the Scaly-winged Barklice. There are more than 220 species described worldwide. Phylogenetic DNA analysis of relationships between families in Trogiomorpha propose that Lepidopsocidae is monophyletic, meaning that the taxa within all share a common ancestor.[1] This is supported morphologically by the presence of scales and setae covering the body and forewings of Lepodopsocids. Sister families of Lepidoposcidae include Trogiidae and Psoquillidae.

Lepidopsocidae was described by Gunther Enderlein in The Scaly Winged Copeognatha (Monograph of the Amphientomidae, Lepidopsocidae, and Lepidillidae in relation to their Morphology and Taxonomy), published in 1906.[2] Subfamilies of Lepidopsocidae include:[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Yoshizawa, Kazunori, Charles Lienhard, and Kevin P. Johnson. "Molecular systematics of the suborder Trogiomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea:‘Psocoptera’)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146.2 (2006): 287-299.
  2. ^ Enderlein, Gunther. "The Scaly Winged Copeognatha (Monograph of the Amphientomidae, Lepidopsocidae, and Lepidillidae in relation to their Morphology and Taxonomy." Spolia Zeylandica 4 (1906): 39-122.
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