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Species Stimulopalpus japonicus

Adult and nymph on boulder in mountain river - Stimulopalpus japonicus Stimulopalpus japonicus? - Stimulopalpus japonicus mystery barklouse - Stimulopalpus japonicus Insect - Stimulopalpus japonicus Stimulopalpus japonicus Bark Louse Nymph - Stimulopalpus japonicus Insect Nymphs Scurrying Around Storm Drain Cover - Stimulopalpus japonicus Tropical barklouse - Stimulopalpus japonicus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)
Suborder Troctomorpha
Family Amphientomidae (Tropical Barklice)
Genus Stimulopalpus
Species japonicus (Stimulopalpus japonicus)
Explanation of Names
Stimulopalpus japonicus Enderlein 1906
Range
native to Japan, adventive in NA (e. US); also known from India(1)(2)
Habitat
often appears in numbers on cement structures and rock outcrops(2) in shaded parks during the summer
Life Cycle
males unknown (thelytokous sp.?)(2)
Remarks
accidentally introduced during the late 1940s (DC area), now spread west to IL-AL(2)