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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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Tiny barklouse? - Xanthocaecilius sommermanae
Copyright © 2011 Ben Gray

Tiny barklouse? - Xanthocaecilius sommermanae
Belmont, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 23, 2011
Size: ~2mm
Found on a leaf. I like those big eyes.

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Tiny barklouse? - Xanthocaecilius sommermanae Tiny barklouse? - Xanthocaecilius sommermanae
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Contributed by Ben Gray on 24 August, 2011 - 7:26am
Last updated 9 September, 2011 - 4:21pm

Moved
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… v belov, 9 September, 2011 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Gray, 24 August, 2011 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
But start near here +/-
… John R. Maxwell, 24 August, 2011 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by E.L. Mockford: Xanthocaecilius sommermanae
… v belov, 9 September, 2011 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
That does look like a very close match. I imagine it's safe to at least move to the woodlice. My unfamiliarity made me think some kind of true bug, it's great to find out that I'm seeing something new.
… Ben Gray, 24 August, 2011 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

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