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Peripsocus minimus Mockford - Peripsocus minimus - male
Copyright © 2010 Diane Young

Peripsocus minimus Mockford - Peripsocus minimus - Male
San Marcos, Spring Lake Preserve, Hays County, Texas, USA
July 26, 2010
Size: 1.9 mm
This smallest of the North American Peripsocus species was found on Ashe juniper. Mockford verified my ID.
Contributed by Diane Young on 27 July, 2010 - 11:34am

Peripsocus minimus
You are so right! It is a male. I can see the phallosome in ventral view. Male peripsocids are so cooperative in this regard.
… Diane Young, 27 July, 2010 - 12:02pm

 
perfect -- thanks again
… v belov, 27 July, 2010 - 12:23pm

thanks again, Diane! this is a male, right?
Moved from Peripsocus.
… v belov, 27 July, 2010 - 11:44am

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