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Elliptical Barklice
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Elliptical Barklice

Epipsocidae

Epipsocidae is a family of Psocoptera belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha, that includes, among others, the genera Epipsocus, Epipsocopsis, and the New Guinean endemic Dicropsocus. The only European species in the family is the (almost always) apterous Bertkauia lucifuga. Like the other members of the infra-order Epipsocetae, Epipsocidae have a labrum with two sclerotized ridges.

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7 branches of this family, most-observed first

Bertkauia

genusBertkauia

Epipsocus

genusEpipsocus

Neurostigma

genusNeurostigma

Hinduipsocus

genusHinduipsocus

Goja

genusGoja

Epipsocopsis

genusEpipsocopsis

Mesepipsocus

genusMesepipsocus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 245143.