单词 | psocid |
释义 | psocidn. Entomology. Any of numerous small, sometimes wingless, insects constituting the order Psocoptera, which feed on fragments of animal and vegetable matter in bark, straw, and soil, among books and papers, etc., and are sometimes pests of stored products; a booklouse.Originally treated as a single family ( Psocidae) of the former order Pseudoneuroptera, the psocids are now divided among numerous families. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > group Anoplura > order Psocoptera > member of woodlouse1666 booklouse1753 psocid1884 book mite1952 1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 428 Lapithes pulicarius is a wingless Psocid. 1922 Entomol. Monthly Mag. 58 104 The occurrence of various species of Psocids..inside houses, has been frequently observed. 1967 M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens xi. 159 Psocids, lice-like insects that infest larch trees, also eat lichens. 2000 Studies in Conservation 45 72/1 There is only a short paragraph on booklice/psocids which is surely inadequate in view of their importance worldwide as museum pests. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884 |
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