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Genus Echmepteryx

Very skittish barklouse - Echmepteryx hageni

small barklouse – Echmepteryx hageni? - Echmepteryx hageni

Lepidopsocidae - Scaly-winged Barklice, dorsal - Echmepteryx hageni

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)

Suborder Trogiomorpha

Infraorder Atropetae

Family Lepidopsocidae (Scaly-winged Barklice)

Genus Echmepteryx

Explanation of Names

Echmepteryx Aaron 1886

Numbers

4 spp. in 2 subgenera in NA(1); ~80 spp. in 5 subgenera worldwide(2)

Remarks

our only representative of the nominate subfamily that contains >120 spp. in 3 genera(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	Johnson K.P., Smith V.S. (2013) Psocodea species file online. Version 5.0

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 September, 2007 - 8:49am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 December, 2024 - 9:31pm

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