http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/08/booklouse/ Are we experts yet? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:16:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/08/booklouse/comment-page-1/#comment-80 leptoman Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:49:36 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=12809#comment-80 Actually, this doesn't look like a psocid to me. According to Borror and DeLong, psocid 'wings at rest are usually held rooflike over the abdomen.' - this specimen is definitely holding its wings flat. Also 'the tarsi (of psocids) are two- or three-segmented', but the picture clearly shows four or more tarsomeres. When I first saw the picture, I thought Hymenoptera. And looking closer, I'm more convinced. Just my thoughts. Actually, this doesn’t look like a psocid to me. According to Borror and DeLong, psocid ‘wings at rest are usually held rooflike over the abdomen.’ – this specimen is definitely holding its wings flat. Also ‘the tarsi (of psocids) are two- or three-segmented’, but the picture clearly shows four or more tarsomeres. When I first saw the picture, I thought Hymenoptera. And looking closer, I’m more convinced. Just my thoughts.

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