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Booklice (Liposcelidae)
Photo#86524
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
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john and jane balaban
, 15 September, 2007 - 8:51am
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.
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Philip Careless
, 12 September, 2007 - 9:57pm
Moved
Moved from
Book Lice
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Stephen Luk
, 11 November, 2006 - 10:42am
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.
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Jim McClarin
, 10 November, 2006 - 7:24pm
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.
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Stephen Luk
, 10 November, 2006 - 9:40pm
Well, I wish I knew more.
I'm just passing along a comment by Tony Thomas on
this image
.
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Jim McClarin
, 10 November, 2006 - 10:42pm
