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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Family Pachytroctidae - Thick Barklice

Nanopsocus oceanicus Pearman - Nanopsocus oceanicus - female Tapinella maculata Mockford & Gurney 1956 - Tapinella maculata - female Nanopsocus oceanicus - male Unknown Bark Louse - Tapinella Unknown Bark Louse - Tapinella Unknown Bark Louse - Tapinella Barklouse - Tapinella maculata Tapinella sp. # 2 - Tapinella undescribedtx
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)
Suborder Troctomorpha
Family Pachytroctidae (Thick Barklice)
Explanation of Names
Pachytroctidae Enderlein 1904
Numbers
4 spp. in 3 genera in our area(1), ~90 spp. in 10 genera total(2)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography
Charles Lienhard and Courtenay. N Smithers. 2002. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis Vol. 5. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève.