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Rhyopsocus bentonae Sommerman - Rhyopsocus bentonae - male - female
Copyright © 2012 Diane Young

Rhyopsocus bentonae Sommerman - Rhyopsocus bentonae - Male Female
Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas, USA
May 5, 2012
Size: 1.1 mm
I found these adorable Hobbit psocids under a dead palm leaf. The male (left) has a very distinctive "fish-tail like flap arising before and underlying hypandrial plate and..epiproct flanked by 2 finger-like lobes" (1). I feel confident of my ID but I have asked Mockford to confirm it and am awaiting his response. He is very busy (as usual) but I just could not wait to post these remarkable critters.
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Contributed by Diane Young on 11 May, 2012 - 9:51am
Last updated 12 May, 2012 - 1:22pm

Dr. Mockford
confirmed my ID.
… Diane Young, 21 May, 2012 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

Looks like ...
Mirror images ... like an old vaudville act
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 14 May, 2012 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

Diane, you're my hero.
Moved from Atropetae.
… v belov, 11 May, 2012 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

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