Archipsocus nomas

Archipsocus nomas
Archipsocus nomas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Archipsocidae
Genus: Archipsocus
Species:
A. nomas
Binomial name
Archipsocus nomas
Gurney, 1939

Archipsocus nomas is a web-spinning barklouse, a psocid in the insect family Archipsocidae. It is found in the southeast of the United States, living gregariously on trees, feeding on lichen and fungi and spinning a web that adheres to the trunk and large branches in sheets. The webs are thought to protect the barklice from predators and neither the insects nor the webs cause damage to the trees.

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