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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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Barklouse - Xanthocaecilius sommermanae
Copyright © 2009 Ilona L.

Barklouse - Xanthocaecilius sommermanae
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 18, 2009
Size: 3mm
Is is correct to refer to this as a barklouse or is barklice the proper term?

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 20 June, 2009 - 1:05pm
Last updated 18 December, 2010 - 9:17pm

X. sommermanae
Ed Mockford det.
his comment: "A fully colored male, and a strikingly good photograph. Incidentally, this was one of my early new species when, as still an undergrad student, I discovered that the male of this species had been mis-associated with 'Caecilius' flavidus, and at the same time, I discovered the real male of that species."
… v belov, 22 June, 2009 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

my best guess is Xanthocaecilius; Dr Mockford will tell
Moved from Barklice and Booklice.
… v belov, 21 June, 2009 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

It depends.
I believe that "barklouse" is the singular form, used when referring to a single individual, and "barklice" is the plural form, used when referring to two or more.

Examples:

"Aww, what a cute little barklouse."

"Those are some mighty fine pictures of barklice you have there."

I'm neither a professional entomologist nor etymologist, so any real experts out there should feel free to correct me if I'm wrong about any of this.
… Domingo Zungri, 20 June, 2009 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

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