Genus Mesopsocus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

a nymph of some sort - Mesopsocus unipunctatus

unidentified collembola - Mesopsocus unipunctatus

Bark Louse - Mesopsocus unipunctatus - female

Tiny insect from playground - Mesopsocus laticeps

Wingless barklouse - Mesopsocus unipunctatus - female

ID Please - Mesopsocus unipunctatus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)

Suborder Psocomorpha

Infraorder Homilopsocidea

Family Mesopsocidae (Middle Barklice)

Genus Mesopsocus

Numbers

3 spp. in NA(1); 50 spp. worldwide(2)(3)

Range

worldwide and across NA(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	Psocodea Species File Online, by K.P. Johnson, V.S. Smith, and D.C. Eades

3.	Classification of Psocoptera with checklist of genera

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 24 January, 2008 - 4:11pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 9 February, 2010 - 3:46pm

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