Psocomorpha
Bark lice
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Johnson, K. P. & E. L. Mockford. 2003. Molecular systematics of Psocomorpha (Psocoptera). Systematic Entomology 28: 409-40
Johnson, K. P., K. Yoshizawa, and V. S. Smith. 2004. Multiple origins of parasitism in lice. Proceeding of the Royal Society of London B 271: 1771-1776.
Lienhard, C. and C. N Smithers. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta) World Catalogue and Bibliography. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland.
Mockford, E. L. 1993. North American Psocoptera (Insecta). Gainesville, Florida: Sandhill Crane Press.
Mockford, E. L. 2005. Order Psocoptera: Psocids. Pp. 341-355 in C. A. Triplehorn and n. F. Johnson (eds.) Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects. Belmont, California: Thomson Publishing.
Smithers, C. N. 1996. Psocoptera. Pp. 1-80, 363-372 (Index) in A. Wells (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia.
Yoshizawa, K. 2002. Phylogeny and higher classification of suborder Psocomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea:'Psocoptera'). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136: 371-400.
Yoshizawa, K. 2005. Morphology of Psocomorpha (Psocodea:%u2019Psocoptera%u2019). Insecta Matsumurana 62: 1-44.
Information on the Internet
- Psoco Net: The Psocidologists' Home Page. The latest information on Psocoptera taxonomy and reserchers in the Psocoptera community, maintained by Dr. Kazunori Yoshizawa, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
- Discover Life: Psocoptera Page
- Dr. Charles Lienhard. Psocid expert at the Natural History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Dr. Edward Mockford. Expert on Psocids of North America and beyond, Illinois State University.
- Dr. Kevin Johnson. Expert on molecular systematics of Psocids and parasitic lice, Illinois Natural History Survey.
- Emilie Bess. Research on Psocids of Hawaii and elsewhere, University of Illinois.
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