Troglotroctes ashmoleorum

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Troglotroctes ashmoleorum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Liposcelididae
Genus: Troglotroctes
Species:
T. ashmolearum
Binomial name
Troglotroctes ashmolearum
Lienhard, 1996

Troglotroctes ashmolearum is a wingless insect of the order Psocoptera, in the Liposcelididae family, found only on Ascension Island. [1]

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References

  1. Lienhard. 1996. Psocoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de quelques îles atlantiques (Canaries, Madère, Açores, Ascension) et de l'Afrique du Nord (Insecta: Psocoptera). Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal (Historia Natural) 48(267).