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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Troctomorpha » Tropical Barklice (Amphientomidae) » Lithoseopsis » Lithoseopsis hellmani
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Psocodea - Lithoseopsis hellmani
Copyright © 2019 Alex Bairstow

Psocodea - Lithoseopsis hellmani
Lake Calavera, Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, USA
January 14, 2019
Found under a lichen covered stone. Collected.

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Contributed by Alex Bairstow on 16 January, 2019 - 9:19pm
Last updated 18 March, 2019 - 2:43am

Habitat question ...
was this specimen collected on a limestone outcrop or cave entrance?
… Diane Young, 11 September, 2019 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lithoseopsis. See comment on image two.
… Aaron Hunt, 18 March, 2019 - 2:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… Aaron Hunt, 18 March, 2019 - 2:36am login or register to post comments

Sorry, I should have commented here ...
These are very interesting nymphs! See if you can find adults. I have no idea what this is. Very interesting!
… Diane Young, 17 January, 2019 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Update
Well after surviving a 700 mile road trip and five weeks in my dorm room, two of the six barklice I collected made it to maturity. Added some pictures of the adults--they're quite striking!
… Alex Bairstow, 24 February, 2019 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Beautiful!
No idea what they are, but they're shockingly moth-like, exhibiting motifs in patterning common in micros! I'm sure Diane will know.
… Aaron Hunt, 24 February, 2019 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

 
I returned to this site today...
..but was unable to locate any adults. However I found plenty of nymphs and collected several more. I preserved a couple in ethanol, but still have a few alive that I could try rearing to adulthood.
… Alex Bairstow, 17 January, 2019 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

 
To try to rear…
Create a humid environment including the lichen on which these were found. Be sure to include moss or some other material to retain stabilize the moisture level.
… Aaron Hunt, 18 January, 2019 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

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