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Psocus
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Psocus

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). Psocus has been found to naturally occur in Europe and North America and the genus includes the largest known psocids.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Psocus leidyi

speciesPsocus leidyi

Psocus bipunctatus

speciesPsocus bipunctatus

Psocus crosbyi

speciesPsocus crosbyi

Psocus omissus

speciesPsocus omissus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 252820.