Amphientomidae
Amphientomidae | |
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Stigmatopathus sp. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Psocodea |
Suborder: | Troctomorpha |
Infraorder: | Amphientometae |
Family: | Amphientomidae |
Genera | |
Subfamily Tineomorphinae Subfamily Amphientominae
Incertae sedis |
Amphientomidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha.[1] The presence of scales on their wings gives them a superficial resemblance to the unrelated family Lepidopsocidae (within Trogiomorpha), and both families can pass for microlepidoptera to the untrained eye.[2] The family comprises 100 species arranged in twenty genera.
References
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2021). "Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2021-11-05.
- ^ Smithers, C. N. (1989). "Two new species of Amphientomidae (Insecta: Psocoptera), the first record of the family for Australia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 11: 31–35.
- Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C. N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis, vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.