Species Nanopsocus oceanicus

Nanopsocus oceanicus Pearman - Nanopsocus oceanicus - female

Nanopsocus oceanicus Pearman apterous female - Nanopsocus oceanicus - female

Nanopsocus oceanicus - Nanopsocus oceanicus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)

Suborder Troctomorpha

Family Pachytroctidae (Thick Barklice)

Subfamily Tapinellinae

Genus Nanopsocus

Species oceanicus (Nanopsocus oceanicus)

Explanation of Names

Nanopsocus oceanicus Pearman 1928

Range

adventive, of [sub]tropical origin(1); se. US (to IL) to Venezuela; w. Africa; Mascarene Islands; Cyprus; Spain; Japan(2)(3)

Habitat

on palms, bamboos, grasses, in houses in se. US and Japan; in non-domestic habitats in the tropics(4)(3)

Works Cited

1.	Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.

2.	Johnson K.P., Smith V.S. (2013) Psocodea species file online. Version 5.0

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

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

Contributed by v belov on 30 September, 2010 - 9:33am
Last updated 12 February, 2013 - 9:28am

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