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large-winged psocid - Ectopsocopsis cryptomeriae - male
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large-winged psocid - Ectopsocopsis cryptomeriae - Male

West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
August 15, 2022
Size: 1.6 mm
On milkweed in ripe oats, 8-acre field at SW corner of New Lane and Edgartown Road
Contributed by ophis on 10 October, 2022 - 8:58am
Last updated 10 October, 2022 - 2:28pm

Comments

You are so right ...
I can see the unusual sclerotized frame on the dorsal abdomen of this male!
… Diane Young, 10 October, 2022 - 11:49am

 
thanks for gender ID
I think I see tip of skinny abdomen thru translucent wings
… ophis, 10 October, 2022 - 2:28pm

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