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Genus Ophiodopelma

False Lizard Barklouse - Ophiodopelma False Lizard Barklouse - Ophiodopelma False Lizard Barklouse - Ophiodopelma False Lizard Barklouse  - Ophiodopelma Beautiful but elusive barklouse - Ophiodopelma Ophiodopelma Ophiodopelma Ophiodopelma
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)
Genus Ophiodopelma
Explanation of Names
Ophiodopelma Enderlein 1908
Numbers
10 spp. total(1)
Range
native to the Oriental Region, adventive in NA(1)
Apparently a recent introduction, with just one previous record a little further north in Alabama. The spot-winged Ophiodopelma spp. are natives of Borneo and thereabouts. (Ed Mockford's comment)