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Elipsocus female? - Elipsocus hyalinus - female
Copyright © 2019 California Academy of Sciences, photo K Schneider

Elipsocus female? - Elipsocus hyalinus - Female
Presidio, Dragonfly Creek, San Francisco County, California, USA
June 30, 2019
Size: FW length 2.9 cm
Caught in Malaise trap 27 June - 4 July 2019. Keys to Elipsocus? I think this is a female? Maybe hyalinus?

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 28 November, 2019 - 7:07pm
Last updated 29 November, 2019 - 4:30pm

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… Ken Schneider, 29 November, 2019 - 4:28pm

Wow!
Head markings are right on for Elipsocus hyalinus. It isn't easy to orient the specimen for this shot, is it?
… Diane Young, 29 November, 2019 - 3:55pm

 
Thanks Diane!
No, I have to push the body into the sand substrate... Can you comment on gender, this is a female, right?
… Ken Schneider, 29 November, 2019 - 4:26pm

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