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Species Echmepteryx madagascariensis - Echmepteryx (Thylacopsis) madagascariensis

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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
Species madagascariensis (Echmepteryx (Thylacopsis) madagascariensis)
Explanation of Names
Echmepteryx madagascariensis (Kolbe 1885)
Range
Throughout the tropics; in the US, so. Florida only(1)(2)
Remarks
our only representative of the pantropical subg. Thylacopsis Enderlein, that contains 17 spp. total, known mostly from tropical oceanic islands(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 Sean McCann on 2 January, 2008 - 2:54pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 7 February, 2013 - 5:26pm

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