There are 35 families of psocids found worldwide, consisting of 3000 species. Australia has 26 of these families represented with 300 species present. The Psocoptera are divided into 3 main groups or suborders with the majority of Australian species found in the suborder Psocomorpha. Members of this suborder are distinguished from those of other suborders by having antennae with 13 segments. Follow the links below to find out more about the known families of psocids. Those in bold represent the psocids families present in Australia.

For psocid species visit the Australian Insect Common Names