Troglotroctes ashmolearum
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''Troglotroctes ashmolearum'' is a wingless insect of the order
Psocoptera Psocoptera are a paraphyletic group of insects that are commonly known as booklice, barklice or barkflies. The name Psocoptera has been replaced with Psocodea in recent literature, with the inclusion of the former order Phthiraptera into Psoco ...
, in the
Liposcelididae Liposcelididae (historically often referred to as "Liposcelidae") is a family of booklice of the order Psocodea (formerly Psocoptera), belonging to the suborder Troctomorpha. Members of this family are small and flattened, and often wingless. Th ...
family, found only on Ascension Island.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).


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Troctomorpha Fauna of Ascension Island {{Psocoptera-stub