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Pteroxanium kelloggi? - Pteroxanium kelloggi - female
Copyright © 2019 Ken Schneider

Pteroxanium kelloggi? - Pteroxanium kelloggi - Female
Presidio Hills, San Francisco County, California, USA
April 9, 2019
Size: 2.5 mm
Beat from downed pine branch. I'm nearly certain this is the short-winged adult of Pteroxanium kelloggi? Collected for DY.

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 9 April, 2019 - 3:52pm
Last updated 8 May, 2019 - 8:07am

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… Ken Schneider, 8 May, 2019 - 8:07am

You are certainly right..
this is Pteroxanium kelloggi, female. I had never seen this species. Fun to actually get a look.
… Diane Young, 8 May, 2019 - 7:09am

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