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Species Hemipsocus chloroticus

Leaf-litter Barklouse - Hemipsocus chloroticus

Leaf Litter Barklouse - Hemipsocus chloroticus - male

Light brown bark louse - Hemipsocus chloroticus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)

Suborder Psocomorpha

Infraorder Psocetae

Family Hemipsocidae (Leaf Litter Barklice)

Genus Hemipsocus

Species chloroticus (Hemipsocus chloroticus)

Explanation of Names

Hemipsocus chloroticus (Hagen 1858)

Identification

"Note M-Cu crossvein in forewing" --Ed Mockford

Range

native to the Oriental Region (also known from many islands in the c. Pacific), adventive in our area: established locally in SC, FL, TX (coastal plain)(1)

Works Cited

1.	North American Psocoptera Edward L. Mockford. 1993. Sandhill Crane Press.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 17 March, 2009 - 1:42pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov
Last updated 6 February, 2013 - 6:30pm

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