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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Homilopsocidea » Outer Barklice (Ectopsocidae) » Ectopsocus » Ectopsocus californicus
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small barklouse - Ectopsocus californicus
Copyright © 2017 Steve Scholnick

small barklouse - Ectopsocus californicus
Brookside Gardens, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
June 18, 2017
Size: 2-3mm to wingtips
Looks like Ectopsocus californicus but I want to make sure I’m not mixing it up with one of the other species in this genus. Found on the underside of a hickory leaf.

Thanks in advance for the help

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 2 July, 2017 - 7:53pm
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 5:57pm

Moved
Moved from Ectopsocus.
… Steve Scholnick, 3 July, 2017 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

Dr. Mockford agrees...
this is californicus. The wing spots are much paler in E. briggsi.
… Diane Young, 3 July, 2017 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks Diane
I was confused by the spots being smaller than those of many of the guide's photos of californicus
… Steve Scholnick, 3 July, 2017 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

Sent this one to Mockford...
californicus can be tricky to separate from briggsi without the specimen at hand.
… Diane Young, 3 July, 2017 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
I know I should have saved it as a specimen rather than letting it go but have to admit that I like letting them go
… Steve Scholnick, 3 July, 2017 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Outer Barklice.
… v belov, 2 July, 2017 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

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