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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Caeciliusetae » Lizard Barklice (Caeciliusidae) » Xanthocaecilius » Xanthocaecilius sommermanae
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Xanthocaecilius sommermanae? - Xanthocaecilius sommermanae
Copyright © 2021 James Tyler Bell

Xanthocaecilius sommermanae? - Xanthocaecilius sommermanae
California (city)/Home, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA
July 24, 2021

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Contributed by James Tyler Bell on 24 July, 2021 - 8:28pm
Last updated 25 July, 2021 - 5:36am

Moved
Moved from Lizard Barklice.
… Diane Young, 25 July, 2021 - 5:36am login or register to post comments

You are probably correct ...
but separating X.sommermanae and X. quillayute is tricky. This one fits X. sommermanae as described by Mockford.
… Diane Young, 25 July, 2021 - 5:32am login or register to post comments

 
macro
This is at the extent of my macro lens so I can't do much better. Is there any particular anatomical feature that needs better imaging to really nail the difference between X.sommermanae and X. quillayute? Or could you paste in the pertinent text from Mockford? TIA!
… James Tyler Bell, 25 July, 2021 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Actually, it's complicated ...
Mockfeord says: 1) X. quillayute dusky wings with pattern of dark and pale veins showing only obscurely versus X. sommermanae wings clear with pattern showing distinctly and 2) green eyes in former and yellow eyes in the latter (living). "This species (quillayute) is very close to sommermanae, and when variation in both species is well understood, they may prove to be the same species."
… Diane Young, 26 July, 2021 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

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