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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Trogiomorpha » Atropetae » Granary Booklice (Trogiidae) » Lepinotus
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brown ringed-neck brachypterous porcupine Barklouse - Lepinotus
Copyright © 2014 Emile

brown ringed-neck brachypterous porcupine Barklouse - Lepinotus
Palos Verdes Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA
December 28, 2013
Size: ~ 1.5 mm
Is this an immature Lepinotus reticulatus ?

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brown ringed-neck brachypterous porcupine Barklouse - Lepinotus brown ringed-neck brachypterous porcupine Barklouse - Lepinotus
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Contributed by Emile on 4 January, 2014 - 7:48pm

you must be right, at least about genus; will show around
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 4 January, 2014 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by E.L. Mockford: "Lepinotus sp.
"I would like to see this one," he adds
… v belov, 3 February, 2014 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you =V= and thanks to Dr. Mockford !
Next time I see one I'll catch it for him.
… Emile, 3 February, 2014 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot, =V=, for showing it around !
Our other North American Lepinotus spp. are L. inquilinus & L. patruelis.
… Emile, 6 January, 2014 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

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