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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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Lepinotus inquilinus - Lepinotus
Copyright © 2014 S.E. Thorpe, Wikimedia Commons

Lepinotus inquilinus - Lepinotus
PLACEHOLDER IMAGE
January 16, 2012
Size: about 1.6 mm
NEW ZEALAND, indoors; tentative ID
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Contributed by v belov on 7 February, 2014 - 10:27pm
Last updated 11 February, 2014 - 3:41pm

Moved
Moved from Lepinotus inquilinus.
… v belov, 11 February, 2014 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

Dr Mockford says, "I suspect that this is Lepinotus tasmaniensis
"...Hickman, described originally from Tasmania but subsequently recorded from New Zealand. Smithers synonymized it with L. reticulatus, but it was later removed from synonymy. It is very dark, as described for this species."

so i will probably delete this image and forward the ID to the collector
… v belov, 11 February, 2014 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

Cool!
According to Mockford's book (1) this species "has appeared as an introduction on dried food material and dried plants at southwestern ports of entry. It is not known to be established in [North America].It is common throughout Europe, several African localities. It occurs in human dwellings and warehouses." This species differs from L. reticulatus in that the winglets lack the reticulated pattern.
… Diane Young, 10 February, 2014 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

 
yup.
i was trying to find online any free pics of psocids to fill the gaps in the guide, but without much success yet --just this one :/
i'll resume the search later, hope i fish out some [sub]cosmopolitan tramps
… v belov, 10 February, 2014 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

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