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Ectopsocus briggsi
Photo#764058
Copyright © 2013
Gary McDonald
Psocopteran of somekind? -
Ectopsocus briggsi
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Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
April 26, 2013
Size: 2.2mm length.
Found using beating sheet on
Quercus agrifolia
, in the search for more of these
. Another one of these
?
Contributed by
Gary McDonald
on 26 April, 2013 - 9:28pm
Last updated 31 May, 2013 - 5:42pm
Gary sent this one too
I did a dissection and mounted the cleared abdominal tip in a well slide in water. I got a very good look at the subgenital plate and yes it is briggsi! There is no way I could have told the species without this dsissection. Terminal projections of the SGP slant inward. My Karma must have been working just right today.
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Diane Young
, 26 September, 2013 - 3:19pm
E. probably briggsi female --det. E.L. Mockford
Moved from
Ectopsocus
.
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v belov
, 31 May, 2013 - 5:41pm
Moved
Moved from
Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice
.
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v belov
, 27 April, 2013 - 10:08am
Ectopsocus sp.
Perhaps Dr. Mockford can ID to species from this image.
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Diane Young
, 27 April, 2013 - 9:25am