Talk:Psocoptera

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"in fact, in 2007, Atlantopsocus adustus, a species native to Madeira and the Canary Islands, was found to have colonised the mild Cornish coast of southwest England.[4]"

How is this part of the sentence pertinent? If it is, is it necessary? -- FUNK A MATIC      ~talk   21:57, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

non apropos links
This is a common problem of wikipedia: someone hyperlinks a term with multiple meanings. A given link should jump to a relevant article. How does hyperlinking WING venation to an article on plant LEAF venation clarify.

I guess that might clarify the issue to some degree. But ultimately there should be a little section on wing venation. And given the importance of wing venation in identification and classification, perhaps that would be a useful section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moscow999 (talk • contribs) 18:30, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Proposal to split
Booklouse currently redirects to this article, but I think it should have its own. The order is quite broad. Most people probably never notice any psocids in their lives other than booklice, which are of economic significance and are very different in appearance from the species currently pictured. Zip-x (talk) 16:37, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree, will create a stub article. --Tony Wills (talk) 12:51, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Formerly or also called Corrodentia (booklice and barklice)
There is no reference to the Order Corrodentia, with booklice being wingless and barklice with wings. Does Corrodentia no longer exist is Science?12voltlighting (talk) 04:04, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

Is there an implication that Lice jump?
This section seems to imply that Lice can jump. "The legs are slender and adapted for jumping, rather than gripping, as in the true lice.

But the head lice page says specifically "Head lice cannot fly, and their short, stumpy legs render them incapable of jumping, or even walking efficiently on flat surfaces."

Did I misunderstood? 79.11.109.71 (talk) 06:42, 25 July 2022 (UTC)


 * This article is talking about the booklice / barklice / barkflies - the member of Psocoptera that does not include Phthiraptera (the head lice). So yes, the Psocoptera booklice in this article are good jumpers. The head lice are NOT good jumpers. Cougroyalty (talk) 16:15, 25 July 2022 (UTC)