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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Trogiomorpha » Psocathropetae » Cave Barklice (Psyllipsocidae)

Family Psyllipsocidae - Cave Barklice

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Habitat · Works Cited
Cave Book Louse - Pseudorypteryx mexicana Identification Needed. Possibly Cave Barklice? Psillipsocus ramburii - Psyllipsocus ramburii Not sure - Psyllipsocus ramburii Psyllipsocus ramburii Psyllipsocus sp. - Nymph - Psyllipsocus decoratus Psocodea from indoors - Psyllipsocus ramburii Psocodea - Psyllipsocus decoratus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)
Suborder Trogiomorpha
Infraorder Psocathropetae
Family Psyllipsocidae (Cave Barklice)
Explanation of Names
Psyllipsocidae Lienhard & Smithers 2002
Numbers
6 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1), ~70 spp. (of which 55 Psyllipsocus) in 5 genera total(2)
Habitat
Caves, homes, termite nests in the tropics(1)
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 john and jane balaban on 18 January, 2009 - 3:39pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 30 September, 2021 - 6:27pm

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