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.