Booklice (tea stick insect) - Booklice (English spelling) barklice

Japanese: チャタテムシ(茶柱虫) - チャタテムシ（英語表記）barklice

A general term for insects belonging to the order Psocoptera (chewing insects). They are closely related to the order Psocoptera. They are small, soft-bodied insects, 0.5 to 10 mm in length. They have a relatively large head with prominent compound eyes, and a particularly large, swollen forehead. They have long, thread-like antennae and biting mouthparts. Their wings are membranous and have few wing veins. Booklice, such as Hemipsocus chloroticus , which also flies into houses, get their name from their habit of landing on paper screens and other surfaces inside the house and rubbing the filing organs on the inside of the bases of their legs to make a sound similar to making tea.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

チャタテムシ目(嚙虫（ごうちゆう）類)Psocopteraに属する昆虫の総称。ハジラミ目と類縁が近い。体長0.5～10mmの小昆虫で，体はやわらかい。頭部は比較的大きく，複眼も目だつが，とくに前頭部の額片が大きく膨れているのが特徴。触角は糸状で長く，口器はかむ型。翅は膜質で翅脈は少ない。家の中にも飛来するスカシチャタテHemipsocus chloroticusなどが，室内で障子などに止まって，肢の基節の内側にあるやすり器官をこすってお茶をたてるのに似た音を出す習性からチャタテムシの名がある。

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