Species Polypsocus corruptus

Classification · Identification

Polypsocus corruptus? - Polypsocus corruptus

Bark Louse - Polypsocus corruptus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)

Family Amphipsocidae

Genus Polypsocus

Species corruptus (Polypsocus corruptus)

Identification

Males have longer wings and a white crescent half way along the wings, while the females have a clear line running down the distal edge of the wings, and they do appear about 1/4 shorter then they are. In addition females hold their wings in a strange manner for most Psocoptera, domed like the hard elytra of a beetle.

Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2006 - 10:37am
Last updated 15 September, 2007 - 7:57am

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