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Psocus

Psocus is a genus of common barklice in the family Psocidae. There are about 17 described species in Psocus. Psocus has been found to naturally occur in Europe and North America and the genus includes the largest known psocids.

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Psocus
Psocus bipunctatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Psocidae
Subfamily: Psocinae
Tribe: Psocini
Genus: Psocus
Latreille, 1794

Psocus is a genus of common barklice in the family Psocidae. There are about 17 described species in Psocus (the genus has been redefined more narrowly, after many unrelated species were described under its name).1234 Psocus has been found to naturally occur in Europe and North America and the genus includes the largest known psocids.

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Psocus:

  • Psocus alticolus Banks, 1937
  • Psocus bipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Psocus crosbyi Chapman, 1930
  • Psocus cyllarus Banks, 1941
  • Psocus dolorosus Banks, 1937
  • Psocus illotus Banks, 1939
  • Psocus incomptus Banks, 1937
  • Psocus jeanneli Badonnel, 1945
  • Psocus lapidarius Badonnel, 1936
  • Psocus leidyi Aaron, 1886
  • Psocus mucronicaudatus Li, 2002
  • Psocus omissus Banks, 1939
  • Psocus oneitus Banks, 1941
  • Psocus rizali Banks, 1939
  • Psocus saghaliensis Okamoto & Kuwayama, 1924
  • Psocus socialis Li, 1997
  • Psocus vannivalvulus Li, 1995
References

References

  1. "Psocus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Psocus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Johnson, Kevin P.; Smith, Vincent S. (2019). "genus Psocus Latreille, 1794". Psocodea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
External links
  • Media related to Psocus at Wikimedia Commons