Species Lachesilla punctata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Lachesilla? Male? - Lachesilla punctata - male

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 Lachesillidae (Fateful Barklice)

Genus Lachesilla

No Taxon (andra group)

Species punctata (Lachesilla punctata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Elipsocus punctalus Banks 1905

Explanation of Names

Lachesilla punctata (Banks 1905)

Identification

Forewings marked as L. nubilis. Head and thorax pale to medium brown, middle of vertex and frons, median eye borders, and postclypeus medium brown, remainder pale brown; thoracic notal lobes medium brown. Surrounding cuticle pale, thoracic pleura variegated pale and medium brown. (1)

Range

southern California (north to the San Francisco area) to New Mexico(1)

Habitat

dead leaves of various herbaceous plants and dead persistent tree leaves(1)

Works Cited

1.	North American Psocoptera Edward L. Mockford. 1993. Sandhill Crane Press.

Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 6 November, 2016 - 7:58pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 9 March, 2017 - 7:03pm

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