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Genus Cerastipsocus

Nymphs - Cerastipsocus venosus Bark Lice - Cerastipsocus venosus black insects with yellow stripes on maple tree - Cerastipsocus venosus What are these insects on our bald cypress tree? - Cerastipsocus venosus Cerastipsocus venosus A herd of barklice  - Cerastipsocus Gregarious Barklice - Cerastipsocus venosus Unknown - Cerastipsocus venosus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)
Suborder Psocomorpha
Infraorder Psocetae
Family Psocidae (Common Barklice)
Subfamily Psocinae
Genus Cerastipsocus
Explanation of Names
Cerastipsocus Kolbe 1884
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1), 27 total(2)
Range
Widespread(1)
Remarks
our only representative of the tribe Cerastipsocini (210 spp. in 15 genera worldwide)(2), sometimes treated in a separate subfamily, Ceratipsocinae(1)