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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Psocomorpha » Caeciliusetae » Lizard Barklice (Caeciliusidae) » Caeciliusinae » Maoripsocus
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blouse620 - Maoripsocus
Copyright © 2013 Chris Mallory

blouse620 - Maoripsocus
Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 20, 2012
I shot this species a few years back but the pictures (long since frassed) were too poor for an ID. These are better, though far from great, but hopefully IDable this time around.

To me it sort of looks like this one, Valenzuela confluens, presumably female, which would be a new one for me:

But I am prepared to be way off. Based on bugguide images for that species it looks like females are much darker than the males.

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Contributed by Chris Mallory on 16 September, 2013 - 4:46am
Last updated 16 September, 2013 - 2:05pm

Moved tentatively; nice...
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… v belov, 16 September, 2013 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by E.L. Mockford: "Maoripsocus is probably correct.
"An introduced species is established on coastal California."
… v belov, 1 October, 2013 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again =v=, looks good
Maori- would have been my second guess
… Chris Mallory, 16 September, 2013 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

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