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Genus Cerastipsocus

Bark lice adult on Crepe Myrtle - Cerastipsocus venosus

Common Barklouse - Cerastipsocus venosus - male

Cerastipsocus trifasciatus? - Cerastipsocus trifasciatus

Cerastipsocus venosus right ? - Cerastipsocus venosus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Psocodea (Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice)

Suborder Psocomorpha

Infraorder Psocetae

Family Psocidae (Common Barklice)

Subfamily Psocinae

Genus Cerastipsocus

Explanation of Names

Cerastipsocus Kolbe 1884

Numbers

2 spp. in our area(1), 27 total(2)

Range

Widespread(1)

Remarks

our only representative of the tribe Cerastipsocini (210 spp. in 15 genera worldwide)(2), sometimes treated in a separate subfamily, Ceratipsocinae(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Johnson K.P., Smith V.S. (2013) Psocodea species file online. Version 5.0

Contributed by tom murray on 15 October, 2006 - 1:38pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, v belov
Last updated 7 February, 2013 - 11:52am

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