PSOCOPTERA
(booklice and barklice or barkflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
ECTOPSOCIDAE
a family of barkflies
Family 1 subtaxa 2 images
Ectopsocus
a genus of barkflies
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images
ELIPSOCIDAE
a family of barklice
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
PSOCIDAE
a family of barklice
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 5 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderPSOCOPTERA (booklice and barklice or barkflies)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Anon. Barkfly Key www.brc.ac.uk/schemes/barkfly/key/key.htm
Badonnel, A. 1943 *** Psocoptères ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 42, 164pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Lienhard, C. 1998 Psocoptère Euro-mediterraneens Faune de France, Faune No 83, 531pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
() New, T.R. 2006 Psocoptera (ed 2) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol I. Part 7, 2nd edition edition, 146pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
New, T.R. 1974 *** Psocoptera (ed 1) ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol I. Part 7, 102pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Saville, B. Barkfly Recording Scheme www.brc.ac.uk/schemes/barkfly/homepage.htm

Stored Product Pests

Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

PSOCOPTERA (booklice and barklice or barkflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PSOCOPTERA (booklice and barklice or barkflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PSOCOPTERA (booklice and barklice or barkflies)
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