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small Bark louse species - Peripsocus subfasciatus
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small Bark louse species - Peripsocus subfasciatus
Patuxent Research Refuge North tract, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
September 13, 2020
Size: 4 mm?
Deciduous forest/meadow near river

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small Bark louse species - Peripsocus subfasciatus small Bark louse species - Peripsocus subfasciatus
Contributed by Jim Moore1 on 14 September, 2020 - 12:51am
Last updated 18 February, 2021 - 6:58am

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… Diane Young, 18 February, 2021 - 6:58am

This is likely ...
Peripsocus subfasciatus, female.
… Diane Young, 14 September, 2020 - 7:58pm

 
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Thanks! This would be a new species for the Maryland Biodiversity Project. Any chance you can amplify on just how "likely" it is to be this species. E.g., would you say "highly likely" or just 55% likely? Is there a confusion species you have in mind?
… Jim Moore1, 18 September, 2020 - 3:22am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 14 September, 2020 - 6:03pm

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