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barklouse - Peripsocus maculosus
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barklouse - Peripsocus maculosus
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 27, 2014

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Contributed by tom murray on 28 June, 2014 - 12:20am
Last updated 20 February, 2015 - 1:08pm

Moved
Moved from alboguttatus group.
Thanks Diane.
… tom murray, 20 February, 2015 - 1:08pm

It is P. maculosus
based on anatomy of the subgenital plate. The specimen was partly cleared due to being in alcohol for months. The SGP inner plate was elongated and pigmented as in Fig. 246 (1). The forewing patterns of P. maculosus and P. madescens s are difficult to tell apart.
… Diane Young, 20 February, 2015 - 11:48am

madescens?
Moved from Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice.
… v belov, 28 June, 2014 - 12:43am

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