Species Lachesilla pedicularia - Cosmopolitan Grain Barklouse

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Lachesilla pedicularia Linnaeus 1758 - Lachesilla pedicularia - female

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 Lachesillidae (Fateful Barklice)

Genus Lachesilla

No Taxon (pedicularia group)

Species pedicularia (Cosmopolitan Grain Barklouse)

Other Common Names

Cosmopolitan Grain Psocid

Explanation of Names

Lachesilla pedicularia (Linnaeus 1758)

Range

Nearly cosmopolitan(1)

Habitat

Very common in barns and houses(1); outdoors throughout Europe and NA, also common indoors associated with stored grain(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.

Contributed by v belov on 30 November, 2009 - 12:44pm
Last updated 6 February, 2013 - 4:01pm

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