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Ectopsocus meridionalis

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Ectopsocus meridionalis is a species in the family Ectopsocidae, order Psocodea. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including Belarus, Bulgaria and Congo - Kinshasa.

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Quick facts about Ectopsocus meridionalis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
4 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Ectopsocus meridionalis live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Ectopsocus meridionalis is listed for 4 countries.

Dem. Rep. CongoBelarusBulgariaGreece
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Belarus
  2. Bulgaria
  3. Congo - Kinshasa
  4. Greece

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Ectopsocus meridionalis as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Ecuador
  3. Romania

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Ectopsocus meridionalis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Ectopsocus meridionalis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderPsocodea
  5. familyEctopsocidae
  6. genusEctopsocus
  7. SpeciesEctopsocus meridionalis Ribaga, 1904

Synonyms Ectopsocus briggsi, Ectopsocus briggsi meridionalis, Ectopsocus briggsi var. meridionalis, Ectopsocus parvulus, Ectopsocus tridentatus

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • 南方外嚙蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ectopsocus meridionalis

Other species in the same genus Ectopsocus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Ectopsocus meridionalis live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Ectopsocus meridionalis for 4 countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Congo - Kinshasa and Greece. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Ectopsocus meridionalis an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Ectopsocus meridionalis as introduced in 3 countries: Austria, Ecuador and Romania, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Ectopsocus meridionalis?

Ectopsocus meridionalis (Ectopsocus meridionalis) belongs to the family Ectopsocidae in the order Psocodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ectopsocus meridionalis (Ectopsocus meridionalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ectopsocus-meridionalis

MLA

“Ectopsocus meridionalis (Ectopsocus meridionalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ectopsocus-meridionalis.

BibTeX
@misc{ectopsocus_meridionalis_2026,
  title = {Ectopsocus meridionalis (Ectopsocus meridionalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ectopsocus-meridionalis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}