Psocodea
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Psocodea is an order of small, often wingless insects that includes barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice found on birds and mammals.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Psocodea canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | order of insects ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
chewing mouthparts in non-parasitic forms
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incomplete metamorphosis ⓘ soft-bodied ⓘ specialized piercing or sucking mouthparts in some parasitic forms ⓘ tarsi usually with two or three segments ⓘ |
| class | Insecta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | barklice and parasitic lice ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
decomposers of organic matter
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ectoparasites of birds ⓘ ectoparasites of mammals ⓘ |
| feedingType |
detritivorous
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fungivorous ⓘ parasitic ⓘ |
| hasHabitat |
bird hosts
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human dwellings ⓘ leaf litter ⓘ mammal hosts ⓘ stored products ⓘ tree bark ⓘ |
| includes |
Phthiraptera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Psocomorpha NERFINISHED ⓘ Troctomorpha NERFINISHED ⓘ Trogiomorpha NERFINISHED ⓘ barklice ⓘ booklice ⓘ chewing lice ⓘ parasitic lice ⓘ sucking lice ⓘ |
| infraclass | Neoptera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| medicalImportance |
some species cause irritation and feather damage in birds
ⓘ
some species transmit pathogens in humans ⓘ |
| notableGroup |
human body lice
ⓘ
human head lice ⓘ pubic lice ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousName | Psocoptera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | modern insect classification systems ⓘ |
| redefinedFrom | separate orders Psocoptera and Phthiraptera based on molecular data ⓘ |
| reproduction | eggs laid on substrates or hosts ⓘ |
| subclass | Pterygota ⓘ |
| superorder | Paraneoptera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | order ⓘ |
| typicalWingCondition | often wingless GENERATED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.