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 |
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| Psocodea canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13082225 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Psocodea Context triple: [Insecta, includesOrder, Psocodea]
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A.
Pycnoidei
Pycnoidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, comprising various bottom-dwelling, often spiny species.
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B.
Conchifera
Conchifera is a major subphylum of mollusks characterized by typically having a single, often external shell, encompassing classes such as bivalves, gastropods, and cephalopods.
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C.
Neritimorpha
Neritimorpha is a major clade of gastropod mollusks that includes nerites and their relatives, characterized by typically small, often globular shells and a long fossil record extending back to the Paleozoic.
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D.
Discicristata
Discicristata is a major clade of unicellular eukaryotes within the supergroup Excavata, characterized by distinctive disc-shaped mitochondrial cristae.
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E.
Staurozoa
Staurozoa is a class of stalked jellyfish-like cnidarians characterized by their sessile, upside-down medusa form typically attached to substrates in cold, shallow marine waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Psocodea Target entity description: Psocodea is an order of small, often wingless insects that includes barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice found on birds and mammals.
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A.
Pycnoidei
Pycnoidei is a suborder of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, comprising various bottom-dwelling, often spiny species.
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B.
Conchifera
Conchifera is a major subphylum of mollusks characterized by typically having a single, often external shell, encompassing classes such as bivalves, gastropods, and cephalopods.
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C.
Neritimorpha
Neritimorpha is a major clade of gastropod mollusks that includes nerites and their relatives, characterized by typically small, often globular shells and a long fossil record extending back to the Paleozoic.
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D.
Discicristata
Discicristata is a major clade of unicellular eukaryotes within the supergroup Excavata, characterized by distinctive disc-shaped mitochondrial cristae.
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E.
Staurozoa
Staurozoa is a class of stalked jellyfish-like cnidarians characterized by their sessile, upside-down medusa form typically attached to substrates in cold, shallow marine waters.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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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
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some species transmit pathogens in humans ⓘ |
| notableGroup |
human body lice
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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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Psocodea Description of subject: Psocodea is an order of small, often wingless insects that includes barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice found on birds and mammals.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.