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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Caeciliusetae » Hairy-winged Barklice (Amphipsocidae) » Polypsocus » Polypsocus corruptus

Species Polypsocus corruptus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Tiny Bug - Polypsocus corruptus Polypsocus corruptus? - Polypsocus corruptus Barklouse - Polypsocus corruptus - female Polypsocus corruptus Attractive barklouse with patterned wings - Polypsocus corruptus A second cool barklouse - Polypsocus corruptus Hairy-winged Barklice - Lateral - Polypsocus corruptus - female Male Polypsocus corruptus? - Polypsocus corruptus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)
Suborder Psocomorpha
Infraorder Caeciliusetae
Family Amphipsocidae (Hairy-winged Barklice)
Genus Polypsocus
Species corruptus (Polypsocus corruptus)
Explanation of Names
Polypsocus corruptus (Hagen 1861)
Identification
Males have longer wings and a white crescent half way along the wings, while the females have a clear line running down the distal edge of the wings, and they do appear about 1/4 shorter then they are. In addition females hold their wings in a strange manner for most Psocoptera, domed like the hard elytra of a beetle.
Range
Eastern and Pacific states(1)
Habitat
On leaves of various plants(1)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2006 - 10:37am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 February, 2013 - 5:31pm

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