Psocopteran
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Psocopteran is a noun meaning Any insect of the order Psocoptera.
Meaning
Any insect of the order Psocoptera.
Example Sentences
The psocopterans most readers are likely to encounter seem more social parasites than social.
Thrips probably evolved from primitive Psocopterans approximately 250 million years ago.[…]The Liposcelidae include the common "book lice" (Liposcelis) psocopterans, which are wingless and also found in mammal nests.
Psocoptera and Phthiraptera are paraphyletic with respect to each other (Yoshizawa & Johnson 2006; Kjer et al. 2006) but the suborders Psocomorpha and Trogiomorpha, which contain most of the common species of psocopterans, do appear to be monophyletic (Yoshizawa 2002).
Word Forms
- psocopterans
Synonyms for psocopteran
Depending on context, synonyms include psocid.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include orthopteran, orthopter, spodopteran, polyneopteran, homopter, paraneopteran.
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