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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Psocetae » Common Barklice (Psocidae) » Amphigerontiinae » Blastopsocus » Blastopsocus lithinus
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Psocodea, second batch, adult - Blastopsocus lithinus
Copyright © 2016 MJ Hatfield

Psocodea, second batch, adult - Blastopsocus lithinus
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 9, 2016
adult

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 10 July, 2016 - 1:02pm
Last updated 12 July, 2016 - 8:49am

Meant to tell you...
a quote from Mockford's book, p. 309 Blastopsocus lithinus "It inhabits trunks and branches of broad-leaf trees and confers, as well as shaded rock outcrops".(1)
… Diane Young, 20 July, 2016 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… MJ Hatfield, 11 July, 2016 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Dr. Mockford weighs in..
the is Blastopsocus lithinus! Get back to you with more..
… Diane Young, 11 July, 2016 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks to you both.
Info says: "shaded rock outcrops" and that's exactly right, at least in this case.
… MJ Hatfield, 11 July, 2016 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

Wow! You did it!
Looks like a possible Blaste. I'm sending this along to Dr. Mockford and see what he thinks.
… Diane Young, 11 July, 2016 - 11:01am login or register to post comments

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