Ectopsocidae
Sign in to saveEctopsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) (book lice or bark lice) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. The family includes fewer than 200 species, most of them in the genus Ectopsocus.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- Family
- Ectopsocidae
- Collections
- PSUC, UCSB, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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- Ectopsocidae
- taxon common name
- Outer Barklice
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- Category:Ectopsocidae
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Ectopsocidae is a family of Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera) (book lice or bark lice) belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha. The family includes fewer than 200 species, most of them in the genus Ectopsocus.
==Distribution & Habitat== They are distributed worldwide, with the highest diversity in Asia. In the genera Ectopsocus and Ectopsocopsis, fourteen species are known from North America. Ectopsocids have been found to inhabit dead leaves on tree branches and leaf litter.
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