ENY3004 General Entomology
   

 

Order Psocoptera

  1. Psoco- rub small, ptera- wing
  2. Common names book lice, bark lice, psocids
  3. Diagnosis:
    1. Minute to small (8 mm or less) with large bulging head capsule and enlarged clypeus
    2. Chewing mouthparts
    3. Compound eyes varying, no ocelli on wingless forms, 3 on winged forms
    4. Wings with reduced venation; forewings larger than hind wings
    5. Cerci absent
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