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Ectopsocus meridionalis Ribaga - Ectopsocus meridionalis - female
Copyright © 2014 Diane Young

Ectopsocus meridionalis Ribaga - Ectopsocus meridionalis - Female
San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, USA
May 20, 2014
Size: 2.14 mm
I did my homework on this one. I performed a dissection and prepared a permanent slide of the genitalia. Turned out well. The image of the subgenital plate looks precisely like Fig. 681 in (1). I thought it was E. californicus, but I noticed an absence of males.

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Ectopsocus meridionalis - female Ectoposcus meridionalis - Ectopsocus meridionalis - female Ectopsocus meridionalis Ribaga - Ectopsocus meridionalis - female
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Contributed by Diane Young on 21 May, 2014 - 2:14pm

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