Amphientometae

Infraorder of booklice

Amphientometae Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Burmacompsocus perreaui (Compsocidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Psocodea
Suborder:	Troctomorpha
Infraorder:	Amphientometae Pearman, 1936

Amphientometae is an infraorder of psocids, one of two major division of the Troctomorpha within the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera).^[1]^[2] There are about 7 families and at least 230 described species in Amphientometae.^[3]^[4]

Families

These seven families belong to the infraorder Amphientometae:

Amphientomidae Enderlein, 1903 (tropical barklice)
Compsocidae Mockford, 1967
Manicapsocidae Mockford, 1967
Musapsocidae Mockford, 1967
Protroctopsocidae Smithers, 1972
Troctopsocidae Mockford, 1967
† Electrentomidae Enderlein, 1911

References

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

Amblycera	Ancistronidae Boopidae Colpocephalidae Gliricolidae Gyropidae Laemobothriidae Menoponidae (chicken body lice) Pseudomenoponidae Ricinidae Somaphantidae Trimenoponidae Trinotonidae
Anoplura (sucking lice)	Echinophthiriidae (seal lice) Enderleinellidae Haematopinidae (ungulate lice) Hamophthiriidae Hoplopleuridae (armoured lice) Hybothiridae Linognathidae (pale lice) Microthoraciidae Neolinognathidae Pecaroecidae Pedicinidae Pediculidae (body lice, head lice) Polyplacidae (spiny rat lice) Pthiridae (crab lice or pubic lice) Ratemiidae
Ischnocera (paraphyletic)	Bovicolidae Dasyonygidae Goniodidae Heptapsogasteridae Lipeuridae Philopteridae (paraphyletic) Trichodectidae Trichophilopteridae
Rhyncophthirina	Haematomyzidae

Ischnocera, Rhyncophthirina and Amblycera comprise paraphyletic suborder Mallophaga (chewing lice).

Suborder Psocomorpha

Archipsocetae	Archipsocidae
Caeciliusetae	Amphipsocidae Asiopsocidae Caeciliusidae Dasydemellidae Paracaeciliidae Stenopsocidae
Epipsocetae	Cladiopsocidae Dolabellopsocidae Epipsocidae Ptiloneuridae Spurostigmatidae
Homilopsocidea	Ectopsocidae Elipsocidae Lachesillidae Lesneiidae Mesopsocidae Peripsocidae Sabulopsocidae
Philotarsetae	Philotarsidae Pseudocaeciliidae Trichopsocidae
Psocetae	Hemipsocidae Myopsocidae Psilopsocidae Psocidae

Order Psocodea is comprised of paraphyletic Psocoptera (book lice or bark lice) and monophyletic Phthiraptera (lice), both previously classified as orders.

Taxon identifiers
Amphientometae	Wikidata: Q18679070 Wikispecies: Amphientometae EoL: 2637649 Fauna Europaea: 12138 Fauna Europaea (new): 43e32986-9b7d-4e9b-bd45-dafb7acc9b7f ITIS: 660976 NCBI: 1476860 Open Tree of Life: 5521647 Paleobiology Database: 220556 Psocodea Species File (old): 1198423