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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Caeciliusetae » Lizard Barklice (Caeciliusidae) » Caeciliusinae » Valenzuela » Valenzuela subflavus
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Barklouse - Valenzuela subflavus - female
Copyright © 2011 Graham Montgomery

Barklouse - Valenzuela subflavus - Female
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
April 2, 2011
Size: ~2.5 mm
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 24 April, 2011 - 1:43pm
Last updated 25 April, 2011 - 3:46pm

I think it's a female
because the wings extend past the abdomen for less than the length of the abdomen and the abdomen seems too stout to be that of a male.
… Diane Young, 24 April, 2011 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
cool; thanks for the insight, Diane!
… v belov, 24 April, 2011 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

According to Mockford's N. A. Psocoptera:
V. subflavus "Forewing with distinct marking pattern; brown spot below hind margin of pterostigma (extending forward into pterostigma in male, not female), brown spot over distal half of cell R separated only by vein from brown spot in base of cell M3, brown border of vein M+Cu1 and Cu1 to areola postica". This female specimen shows all those traits so I think it is safe to call it subflavus.
… Diane Young, 24 April, 2011 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively -- will seek expert review
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… v belov, 24 April, 2011 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by E.L. Mockford: V. subflavus male
his comment: "What a beautiful insect!"
… v belov, 25 April, 2011 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

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