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Genus Rhyopsocus

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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 Psoquillidae (Bird Nest Barklice)
Genus Rhyopsocus
Explanation of Names
Rhyopsocus Hagen 1876
Numbers
5 spp. (incl. one adventive) in our area(1), 22 spp. worldwide(2)
Range
in our area, scattered records: mostly coastal se. US (+up the Mississippi Embayment to so.IL-MO), but also NY (adventive), so. TX, so. CA(1)
Works Cited
1.North American Psocoptera
Edward L. Mockford. 1993. Sandhill Crane Press.
2.Johnson K.P., Smith V.S. (2013) Psocodea species file online. Version 5.0
Contributed by v belov on 11 May, 2012 - 12:02pm

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