Myopsocidae


Myopsocidae is a family of mouse-like barklice, belonging to the infraorder Psocetae of the order Psocodea. This family is closely related to Psocidae, with which it shares similar wing-venation, but from which it is distinguished by three-segmented tarsi.
There are about 8 genera and at least 180 described species in Myopsocidae.

Genera

These eight genera belong to the family Myopsocidae:
  • Gyromyus c g
  • Lichenomima Enderlein, 1910 i c g b
  • Lophopterygella c g
  • Mouldsia c g
  • Myopsocus Hagen, 1866 i c g b
  • Nimbopsocus c g
  • Smithersia c g
  • Thorntonodes c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net