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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Troctomorpha » Booklice (Liposcelididae) » Liposcelis » Section II (Liposcelis Section II) » Booklouse (Liposcelis bostrychophila)
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booklouse - Liposcelis bostrychophila
Copyright © 2013 tom murray

booklouse - Liposcelis bostrychophila
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 10, 2013
When I cleaned out a bird box that house wrens finished using, there were at least 20 of these in the abandoned nest.
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Contributed by tom murray on 25 August, 2013 - 10:48pm
Last updated 28 August, 2013 - 11:11pm

Liposcelis sp., probably L. bostrychophila --det. E.L. Mockford
"pale regions on abd. terga 3-7"

Moved from Section II.
… v belov, 28 August, 2013 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Booklice.
Thanks Diane. If I can get other specimens would you want them?
… tom murray, 26 August, 2013 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Though to get to species...
without clearing and mounting on a permanent slide but ..

Liposcelis Section II.
… Diane Young, 26 August, 2013 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

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