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Psocodea, dorsal - Echmepteryx hageni
Copyright © 2018 MJ Hatfield

Psocodea, dorsal - Echmepteryx hageni
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Size: 2.4 mm
February 16, 2017: collecting Black Knot on cherries, also collected this on an unidentified branch
May 22, 2017: found 1 weevil and 2 barklice (dead but in good condition)

Images of this individual: tag all
Psocodea, dorsal - Echmepteryx hageni Psocodea, head - Echmepteryx hageni Psocodea, lateral - Echmepteryx hageni Psocodea, ventral - Echmepteryx hageni Psocodea - Echmepteryx hageni
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 19 February, 2018 - 10:05am
Last updated 8 May, 2023 - 4:26pm

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… MJ Hatfield, 20 February, 2018 - 6:15am

Because of your great images ...
it is clear that this is Echmepteryx hageni.
… Diane Young, 19 February, 2018 - 7:42pm

 
If I had a memory,
the head pattern should have been familiar:

Thanks for sharing your expertise.
… MJ Hatfield, 20 February, 2018 - 6:19am

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