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Definition of Psocoptera in English: Psocopteraplural noun sə(ʊ)ˈkɒptərəsōˈkäptərə Entomology An order of insects that comprises the booklice and other psocids. Example sentencesExamples - For the other two hemipteroid orders, Thysanoptera and Psocoptera, only partial mtDNA sequences are available.
- The Hemiptera (bugs, cicadas, whiteflies, aphids, etc.), the Thysanoptera, the Psocoptera (psocids, book lice, and bark lice), and the Phthiraptera form the hemipteroid assemblage.
- The hemipteroid assemblage has four orders of insects: Hemiptera (bugs, cicadas, whiteflies, aphids, etc.), Phthiraptera, Psocoptera (psocids, book lice, and bark lice), and Thysanoptera (thrips).
Derivatives noun & adjective Entomology Comparisons between fully characterized mt genomes of a range of hemipterans, thrips, psocopterans, and lice should provide further insight into the mechanisms of gene rearrangement in animal mt genomes. Example sentencesExamples - Based on the close relationship of thrips to the lophioneurid psocopteroids, it is likely that the Triassic and Jurassic thrips were saprophagous, just as the psocopterans and merothripids are today.
- The hemipteroid assemblage (bugs, thrips, psocopterans, and lice) is particularly interesting because it is thought to be the sister group of the Endopterygota.
Origin Modern Latin (plural), from Psocus (genus name) + pteron 'wing'. Definition of Psocoptera in US English: Psocopteraplural nounsōˈkäptərə Entomology An order of insects that comprises the booklice and other psocids. Example sentencesExamples - The hemipteroid assemblage has four orders of insects: Hemiptera (bugs, cicadas, whiteflies, aphids, etc.), Phthiraptera, Psocoptera (psocids, book lice, and bark lice), and Thysanoptera (thrips).
- The Hemiptera (bugs, cicadas, whiteflies, aphids, etc.), the Thysanoptera, the Psocoptera (psocids, book lice, and bark lice), and the Phthiraptera form the hemipteroid assemblage.
- For the other two hemipteroid orders, Thysanoptera and Psocoptera, only partial mtDNA sequences are available.
Origin Modern Latin (plural), from Psocus (genus name) + pteron ‘wing’. |