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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Psocodea) » Book Lice (Liposcelidae)
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Book Louse
Copyright © 2006 Stephen Luk

Book Louse
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
November 9, 2006
Size: 1 mm
Underside of the same specimen, which was gently flipped over and shot before it righted itself again.

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 10 November, 2006 - 11:30am
Last updated 15 September, 2007 - 8:51am

Moved
Moved from Barklice and Booklice.
… john and jane balaban, 15 September, 2007 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

Family Liposcelididae
While we can't quite see the thickened femur the Psocoptera does appear to be dorsal ventrally flattened which is a distinctive trait for the Family Liposcelididae.
… Philip Careless, 12 September, 2007 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Book Lice.
… Stephen Luk, 11 November, 2006 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

Psocoptera,
However, I don't see the thickened hind femurs that would place these in Lipos*celidae, so unless they were enlarged and I just can't see them they should probably be moved back to order level Psocoptera.
… Jim McClarin, 10 November, 2006 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

 
I'll leave it in Psocoptera
Though I'm positive that this insect made several attempts to hop away while I was photographing it. Don't know if that points to a book louse; maybe other similar-looking Psocoptera jump too.
… Stephen Luk, 10 November, 2006 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, I wish I knew more.
I'm just passing along a comment by Tony Thomas on this image.
… Jim McClarin, 10 November, 2006 - 10:42pm login or register to post comments

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