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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Homilopsocidea » Outer Barklice (Ectopsocidae) » Ectopsocus » Ectopsocus meridionalis
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Ectopsocidae, Outer Barklice, dorsal - Ectopsocus meridionalis
Copyright © 2020 MJ Hatfield

Ectopsocidae, Outer Barklice, dorsal - Ectopsocus meridionalis
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
December 8, 2020
found in a container of fruits/seeds of Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum

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Ectopsocidae, Outer Barklice, dorsal - Ectopsocus meridionalis Ectopsocidae, Outer Barklice, lateral - Ectopsocus meridionalis
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 13 December, 2020 - 2:17pm
Last updated 15 December, 2020 - 7:29am

Moved
Moved from Ectopsocus.
… Diane Young, 15 December, 2020 - 7:29am login or register to post comments

Yes, Ectopsocus
This is Ectoposcus meridionalis. "preclunial abdominal bands continuouis across dorsal surface", spots at margin of forewing not distinct and dorsal view of postclypus rounded (semicircular).
… Diane Young, 15 December, 2020 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

 
Diane,
Thank you.
Would you do me a favor and add your description of Ectoposcus meridionalis to the BG Info page.
Thank you.
… MJ Hatfield, 15 December, 2020 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

 
I just became an editor ...
and I am still getting my "sea legs". There is much to be done on the Psocoptera species pages!
… Diane Young, 15 December, 2020 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Just add it to the list
of work that keeps you young!
… MJ Hatfield, 15 December, 2020 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

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