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Family Pseudocaeciliidae - False Lizard Barklice

Small winged insect - Pseudocaecilius citricola

Barklouse at blacklight - Pseudocaecilius citricola

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 Pseudocaeciliidae (False Lizard Barklice)

Explanation of Names

Pseudocaeciliidae Pearman 1936

Numbers

3 spp. in 2 genera in our area(1), ~420 spp. in ~40 genera total(2)

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 Ted Kropiewnicki on 12 February, 2008 - 2:15pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 30 September, 2021 - 9:00pm

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