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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Psocetae » Common Barklice (Psocidae) » Amphigerontiinae » Blaste » Blaste osceola
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Common Barklouse - Blaste osceola - male
Copyright © 2015 Robert Lord Zimlich

Common Barklouse - Blaste osceola - Male
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
December 14, 2015
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 14 December, 2015 - 11:28pm
Last updated 27 January, 2016 - 12:09pm

Moved to Blaste osceola
Moved from Common Barklice.

Dr. Mockford says, "I think this may be Blaste osceola because of the smudge along vein Cua1 in the forewing. It is only slightly developed in the male, but it is present. The pterostigma is more
extensively dark than in most of my specimens, but there is a lot of variation in that."
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 17 December, 2015 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

Probably...
Blaste subquieta, male. I'll send this to Mockford for confirmation. Keep looking for the female of Blaste persimilis and keep the specimen for Mockford.
… Diane Young, 16 December, 2015 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Diane
It didn't look like anything I'd seen before. I've been beating bushes when not raining, but all I'm getting are harvestmen 😊
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 16 December, 2015 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

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