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Novopsocus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pseudocaeciliidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Psocoptera

Scientific name
  
Novopsocus

Novopsocus is a genus in the Pseudocaeciliidae family, with, until 2008, one described species endemic to New Guinea. It was later found that the specimens of two different species (one of which undescribed) had been mixed, and an individual of a third species was found. The genus is characterised by a flat head with a sharp vertex, narrow, strap-like wings, and antennae with a broad, flattened first flagellar segment in the males of two species.

References

Novopsocus Wikipedia