Epipsocetae
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Epipsocidae
Elliptical Barklice
Epipsocidae is a family of barklice (Psocodea: Psocomorpha) comprising 16 genera and over 140 species. The family is primarily tropical in distribution, with the notable exception of the European endemic Bertkauia lucifuga, which is almost always apterous. Epipsocids share diagnostic morphological features with other members of the infraorder Epipsocetae, including a labrum with two sclerotized ridges and a hairy ventral surface of the forewing.