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House Psocid

Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, 1931

Status not recordedinsects

The house psocid (Liposcelis bostrychophila) is a species in the family Liposcelididae, order Psocodea. Source checklists list it for 5 countries, including Belarus, Congo - Kinshasa and French Guiana.

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Quick facts about the house psocid

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
5 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the house psocid 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.

The house psocid is listed for 5 countries.

Dem. Rep. CongoUnited Arab EmiratesIranBelarus
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Belarus
  2. Congo - Kinshasa
  3. French Guiana
  4. Iran
  5. United Arab Emirates

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the house psocid as introduced in 6 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Swedeninvasive
  2. Austria
  3. Belgium
  4. Japan
  5. Poland
  6. South Africa

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 the house psocid 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 the house psocid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderPsocodea
  5. familyLiposcelididae
  6. genusLiposcelis
  7. SpeciesLiposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, 1931

Synonyms Liposcelis bostrichophilus, Liposcelis bostrychophila granulosus, Liposcelis bostrychophilus, Liposcelis divergens, Liposcelis granicola, Liposcelis termitophilus, Trocetes bostrychophillus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Common household book-louseEnglish
  • pisivka domácíCzech
  • viljakirjatäiFinnish
  • ヒラタチャタテJapanese
  • husboklusSwedish
  • 穀粉茶蛀蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the house psocid

Other species in the same genus Liposcelis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the house psocid live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the house psocid for 5 countries: Belarus, Congo - Kinshasa, French Guiana, Iran and United Arab Emirates. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the house psocid an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the house psocid as invasive in 1 country: Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 6 in all.

What kind of animal is the house psocid?

The house psocid (Liposcelis bostrychophila) belongs to the family Liposcelididae 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). House Psocid (Liposcelis bostrychophila). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/house-psocid

MLA

“House Psocid (Liposcelis bostrychophila).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/house-psocid.

BibTeX
@misc{house_psocid_2026,
  title = {House Psocid (Liposcelis bostrychophila)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/house-psocid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}