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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Book Lice (Liposcelidae) » Belaphotroctes
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Bug ID - Belaphotroctes
Copyright © 2009 Scott Justis

Bug ID - Belaphotroctes
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
January 28, 2009
Size: ~1mm
Some kind of woodlouse? Or termite?? Found it while scanning a piece of decaying tree bark for mites with the MP-E 65. I have a sharp image of the antennae if needed for ID.

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Contributed by Scott Justis on 28 January, 2009 - 10:07pm
Last updated 29 January, 2009 - 3:24pm

Moved
Moved from Barklice and Booklice.
… John F. Carr, 29 January, 2009 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

Belaphotroctes sp. (Liposcelididae)
Ed Mockford det.
his comment: "To get it to species would require a much closer look. The swollen terminal segments of the maxillary palpus are diagnostic to genus"
… v belov, 29 January, 2009 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

 
So this is..
Genus Belaphotroctes? Forgive my ignorance :^O I didn't get many views of it as I kept losing it because of its tiny size and high mobility.
… Scott Justis, 29 January, 2009 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

 
yes it is
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… v belov, 29 January, 2009 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

 
Ok..
I'll request a Genus page.
… Scott Justis, 29 January, 2009 - 11:48am login or register to post comments

 
page requested
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… v belov, 29 January, 2009 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

 
Ooops!
I requested a page too.
… Scott Justis, 29 January, 2009 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

nice psocopteran!
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… v belov, 28 January, 2009 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks V
This is the smallest one I have seen yet!
… Scott Justis, 28 January, 2009 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

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