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Suborder Troctomorpha

Barklouse - Stimulopalpus japonicus They Came from the Black Thing - Liposcelis Lithoseopsis hellmani - female Sphaeropsocus bicolor - female Insect - Stimulopalpus japonicus Nanopsocus oceanicus - female Insect Nymphs Scurrying Around Storm Drain Cover - Stimulopalpus japonicus dorsal - Stimulopalpus japonicus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)
Suborder Troctomorpha
Identification
Antennae with 14-15 segments, rarely with fewer segments (the only exception is the Palearctic genus Nephax which possess antennae of 13 segments), the flagellar segments beyond the fifth usually with secondary annulations. Labial palps 2-segmented. Forewing, when present, lacking sclerotized pterostigma. Tarsi 3-segmented.