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Posted by Andre Jas on 29-10-2006 23:12

Hi,

This little creature was sitting on my windowsill, app. 3 mm long. Oct. 10 degr. Celcius.

Andr

Edited by Andre Jas on 01-11-2006 10:32

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-10-2006 08:00

Hello!

I would be very interested if someone cut put a genus or species name on this little critter. It is one of the most common Psocoptera here in Ostwestfalen/Germany, but I haven't found any information on it. Thanks!

Posted by crex on 30-10-2006 09:02

Andre Jas wrote:
Thanks Nikita,
Is there anything you don't know about?

If he doesn't know I bet he'll find out. IMH(newbie)O Nikita's knowledge seems to have improved over the short time I've spend here at diptera.info. I can see the dedication to his mission when reading threads like the one about how he photographed the mouse-fly

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 30-10-2006 10:34

We could go further if we learn a) number of antennal segments, 13 or 15-40; b ) pterostigma sclerotized or not; c) number of segments in labial palpi and tarsi...

Edited by Dmitry Gavryushin on 30-10-2006 10:35

Posted by Andre Jas on 30-10-2006 15:00

Hi,

I attached a 2zip-files with HiRes JPG's (2). That's the best I can do. Doubt if it helps, but hey...

Andr

Edited by Andre Jas on 30-10-2006 15:03

Posted by Paul Beuk on 30-10-2006 15:37

#10

I think it Valenzuela flavidus (Caeciliusidae [= Caeciliidae]). The only image I could found on the internet (http://www.mybito...kfly1.html) does not agree with the images and descriptions in my English key.

Quoting from the British key:

...one of the most abundant arboreal British psocids. Male are extremely rare, but parthenogenetic females are abundant and very widely distributed on foliage of broadleaved trees. It is rare on conifers. The life histories of this and related species in southern England were outlined by New (1969d, 1970a). Bisexual populations have been reported from Austria, Greece, Madeire, Norway and Switzerland (Lienhard, 1998), and the United Status (mockford, 1993).