Psocus

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Psocus
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Psocus bipunctatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocoptera
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). [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Psocus:

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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.