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Nanopsocetae

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Nanopsocetae
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent
Liposcelis
Crab louse
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Nanopsocetae
Pearman, 1936
Clades

Nanopsocetae is one of two major divisions of Troctomorpha in the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera),[1][2] alongside Amphientometae. There are more than 20 families and 5,200 described species in Nanopsocetae.[3][4]

Taxonomy

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The clade contains four major groups, Phthiraptera (lice), Liposcelididae, Pachytroctidae and Sphaeropsocidae.[4]

Schizophthirus pleurophaeus

References

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  1. ^ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "Psocodea Species File Online". Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. ^ Bess, Emilie; Smith, Vince; Lienhard, Charles; Johnson, Kevin P. (2006). "Psocodea". Tree of Life. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  3. ^ "Nanopsocetae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  4. ^ a b Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "infraorder Nanopsocetae". Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-23.

Further reading

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