Species Ectopsocus vachoni

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Some get marked for life ... - Ectopsocus vachoni

Ectopsocus vachoni Badonnel - Ectopsocus vachoni - female

Ectopsocus vachoni Badonnel - Ectopsocus vachoni - male

Tiny Big Headed Bug - Ectopsocus vachoni

Psocoptera of some sort - Ectopsocus vachoni

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)

Suborder Psocomorpha

Infraorder Homilopsocidea

Family Ectopsocidae (Outer Barklice)

Genus Ectopsocus

Species vachoni (Ectopsocus vachoni)

Explanation of Names

Ectopsocus vachoni Badonnel 1945

Identification

males are apterous(1)

Range

native to Africa & Asia(2); widely distributed in the subtropics(1)

Works Cited

1.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

2.	Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 10 February, 2010 - 5:30pm
Last updated 6 February, 2013 - 8:19am

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