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Species Lepinotus reticulatus - Reticulate-winged Trogiid

What is this thing? - Lepinotus reticulatus Psocodea, ventral - Lepinotus reticulatus Springtail? - Lepinotus reticulatus Tiny bug in house - Lepinotus reticulatus Psocodea, via Manzanita, toyon, live oak duff - Lepinotus reticulatus Psocid - Lepinotus reticulatus Psocid 1mm - Lepinotus reticulatus 4399 - Lepinotus reticulatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)
Suborder Trogiomorpha
Infraorder Atropetae
Family Trogiidae (Granary Booklice)
Genus Lepinotus
Species reticulatus (Reticulate-winged Trogiid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Clothilla inquilina Hagen 1882(1) --must get to the bottom of that
Explanation of Names
Lepinotus reticulatus Enderlein 1905
Range
cosmopolitan(2), of unknown origin(3)
Habitat
usually in outdoor habitats, but common in stored grain in the US(2)
Remarks
known to be phoretic on birds(4)
Works Cited
1.Johnson K.P., Smith V.S. (2013) Psocodea species file online. Version 5.0
2.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
3.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.
4.North American Psocoptera
Edward L. Mockford. 1993. Sandhill Crane Press.