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Genus Echmepteryx

Insect 2337 - Echmepteryx hageni 040212Blice1 - Echmepteryx madagascariensis IMG_1455 - Echmepteryx hageni Unknown Bark Louse - Echmepteryx madagascariensis Psocid from Quercus stellata bark - Echmepteryx hageni barklouse - Echmepteryx hageni Unknown Bark Louse - Echmepteryx Echmepteryx? - 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)
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 7 February, 2013 - 5:28pm

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