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Prionoglarididae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Trogiomorpha

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Psocoptera

Infraorder
  
Psocathropetae

Similar
  
Elipsocidae, Archipsocidae, Psyllipsocidae, Epipsocidae, Pseudocaeciliidae

Prionoglarididae is a family of Psocoptera that are insects characterised by the reduction or simplification of the lacinia in adults and the specialised form of the male genitalia. It contains the only known genus of animals, Neotrogla, where females possess a penis-like organ and take on typical male sex roles.

References

Prionoglarididae Wikipedia