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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Homilopsocidea » Lash-faced Psocids (Trichopsocidae) » Trichopsocus » Trichopsocus clarus
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Looks Like a 3mm Green Lacewing, But it is a Barklouse! - Trichopsocus clarus
Copyright © 2008 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Looks Like a 3mm Green Lacewing, But it is a Barklouse! - Trichopsocus clarus
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, USA
January 11, 2008
Size: 3mm

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Psocoptera (Barklouse) - Trichopsocus clarus Looks Like a 3mm Green Lacewing, But it is a Barklouse! - Trichopsocus clarus Looks Like a 3mm Green Lacewing, But it is a Barklouse! - Trichopsocus clarus
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 11 January, 2008 - 9:23pm
Last updated 6 February, 2013 - 5:15pm

Moved
Moved from Trichopsocus acuminatus.
… v belov, 6 February, 2013 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Barklice and Booklice.
… john and jane balaban, 14 January, 2008 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

Trichopsocus acuminatus
Who would have thought the lowly barklouse would ever receive so much good discussion. Similar to John I like to ID things by wing veintion. Xanthocaecilius is a smart idea, I even had to go back and check that it was not one of the two know North American species. While I am sure there are many tiny features that set them apart the simplest for now is size, Xanthocaecilius is small but this one is miniature.

I dug through Mockford's book on North American Psocoptera. I began by looking for psocoptera with a similar wing patters and then read the species descriptions. Your is distinctive with the long hairs along the veins and brown patches on the wings thorax and head. You appear to have found Trichopsocus acuminatus; Family Trichopsocidae. Great find, and new for the guide. I am glad you saved it from the pond, they are hopeless swimmers and should have known better.
… Philip Careless, 14 January, 2008 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

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