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Peripsocus phaeopterus

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Peripsocus phaeopterus is a species in the family Peripsocidae, order Psocodea. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Bulgaria and Greece.

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Quick facts about Peripsocus phaeopterus

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Peripsocus phaeopterus 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.

Peripsocus phaeopterus is listed for 2 countries.

BulgariaGreece
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Bulgaria
  2. Greece

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Peripsocus phaeopterus as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

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 Peripsocus phaeopterus 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 Peripsocus phaeopterus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderPsocodea
  5. familyPeripsocidae
  6. genusPeripsocus
  7. SpeciesPeripsocus phaeopterus (Stephens, 1835)

Synonyms Peripsocus fortunatus, Psocus nigricornis, Psocus obscurus, Psocus phaeopterus

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • pisivka temnokřídláCzech
  • dysterbrun sorgstövsländaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Peripsocus phaeopterus

Other species in the same genus Peripsocus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Peripsocus phaeopterus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Peripsocus phaeopterus for 2 countries: Bulgaria and Greece. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Peripsocus phaeopterus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Peripsocus phaeopterus as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Peripsocus phaeopterus?

Peripsocus phaeopterus (Peripsocus phaeopterus) belongs to the family Peripsocidae 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). Peripsocus phaeopterus (Peripsocus phaeopterus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/peripsocus-phaeopterus

MLA

“Peripsocus phaeopterus (Peripsocus phaeopterus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/peripsocus-phaeopterus.

BibTeX
@misc{peripsocus_phaeopterus_2026,
  title = {Peripsocus phaeopterus (Peripsocus phaeopterus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/peripsocus-phaeopterus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}