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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Troctomorpha » Booklice (Liposcelididae) » Liposcelis
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Booklouse - Liposcelis
Copyright © 2021 avery c

Booklouse - Liposcelis
Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
June 7, 2021
Size: 2mm
Found many of these living in the gap between a window and the window frame
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Contributed by avery c on 7 June, 2021 - 7:50pm
Last updated 8 June, 2021 - 7:46pm

Moved
Moved from Liposcelis pearmani.
… Diane Young, 8 June, 2021 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… Diane Young, 8 June, 2021 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

 
I'm a bit confused...
I thought they couldn't be identified to species without dissection.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 June, 2021 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

 
My mistake ...
should have placed it in Liposcelis.
… Diane Young, 8 June, 2021 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

This is a booklouse
Family Liposcelididae, genus Liposcelis. To get it to species would require dissection, slide preparation and microscopic examination. Nice shot of a very small creature!
… Diane Young, 8 June, 2021 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

Moved to Psocodea for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Others will take the ID further.

Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 June, 2021 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

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