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Species Nanopsocus oceanicus

Nanopsocus oceanicus Pearman - Nanopsocus oceanicus - female Nanopsocus oceanicus Pearman - Nanopsocus oceanicus - female Nanopsocus oceanicus Pearman apterous female - Nanopsocus oceanicus - female Nanopsocus oceanicus  - Nanopsocus oceanicus - female Nanopsocus oceanicus - male Nanopsocus oceanicus - female Nanopsocus oceanicus - female Nanopsocus oceanicus - male - 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.