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Family Mesopsocidae - Middle Barklice

Mesopsocus unipunctatus? - Mesopsocus unipunctatus

Amphigerontia? - Mesopsocus immunis - male

M unipunctatus nymph - Mesopsocus unipunctatus

M. unipunctatus male - Mesopsocus immunis - 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 Mesopsocidae (Middle Barklice)

Explanation of Names

Mesopsocidae Pearman 1936

Numbers

A single genus with 3 spp. in our area(1); >100 spp. in 17 genera total (incl. ~70 Mesopsocus spp.)(2)[cite:370484]

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

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

Contributed by Joyce Gross on 24 January, 2008 - 4:11pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 30 September, 2021 - 9:08pm

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