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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Hairy-winged Barklice (Amphipsocidae) » Polypsocus » Polypsocus corruptus
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Barklouse - Polypsocus corruptus - female
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Barklouse - Polypsocus corruptus - Female
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 23, 2008
Size: 3.5 mm
It landed on my backpack as I was taking pictures beside a pond.

I have a blurry shot showing wing veins if that would help ID.
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 23 September, 2008 - 5:22pm
Last updated 9 January, 2009 - 9:18pm

Moved
Moved from Barklice and Booklice.
… John F. Carr, 9 January, 2009 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

A barklouse (Psocoptera)
but I don't know which one.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 September, 2008 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Knowing what order it belongs to, I found Polypsocus corruptus is a good visual match.
… John F. Carr, 23 September, 2008 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Polypsocus corruptus (Hagen)
Ed Mockford det. (John's ID thus confirmed)
… v belov, 6 February, 2009 - 5:59pm login or register to post comments

 
So it is
and a female.
… Donald S. Chandler, 9 January, 2009 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

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