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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Troctomorpha » Thick Barklice (Pachytroctidae) » Tapinellinae » Tapinella » Tapinella maculata
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Barklouse - Tapinella maculata
Copyright © 2017 John Schneider

Barklouse - Tapinella maculata
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
August 6, 2017
Size: ~2 mm?
Possibly associated with the nymph I also posted.

I found two specimens with these same kind of wings, and none with "normal" wings.

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Barklouse - Tapinella maculata lateral - Tapinella maculata
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Contributed by John Schneider on 6 August, 2017 - 5:59pm
Last updated 16 December, 2023 - 10:16pm

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice. Thanks, Diane!
… John Schneider, 7 August, 2017 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

This is..
a 5th (or 4th) instar of the macroperous female of Tapinella maculata.
… Diane Young, 7 August, 2017 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

wow; what a gamut
… v belov, 6 August, 2017 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

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