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Species Speleketor flocki

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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 Psocathropetae
Family Prionoglarididae (Large-winged Psocids)
Genus Speleketor
Species flocki (Speleketor flocki)
Explanation of Names
Speleketor flocki Gurney 1943
Range
Three known localities so far from AZ (Tucson Mts.), se. NV (Gypsum Cave)(1), and Big Gypsum Valley, CO
Habitat
Cave dweller
Remarks
Third known locality and first capture outside cave described here:

Uhey, D. and Kendall, D., 2020. Third Known Locality for the Booklouse Speleketor flocki Gurney1 Found in Big Gypsum Valley, Colorado. Southwestern Entomologist, 45(1), pp.297-299.
Works Cited
1.North American Psocoptera
Edward L. Mockford. 1993. Sandhill Crane Press.