Novopsocus

Novopsocus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Family: Pseudocaeciliidae
Subfamily: Zelandopsocinae
Genus:
Thornton, 1984
Species

N. caeciliae
N. magnus
N. stenopterus

Novopsocus is a genus in the Pseudocaeciliidae family, with, until 2008, one described species endemic to New Guinea (described by Thornton.[1] It was later found that the specimens of two different species (one of which undescribed) had been mixed, and an individual of a third species was found.[2] The genus is characterised by a flat head with a sharp vertex, narrow, strap-like wings, and antennae with a broad, flattened first flagellar segment in the males of two species.

The three species of Novopsocus. A. N. magnus, B. N. stenopterus, C. N. caeciliae (from Cuénoud, 2008[2]).

References

  1. ^ Thornton, I. W. B. 1984. An unusual psocopteran from new Guinea and its relationships within the Philotarsidae. International journal of entomology. 26: 378-385.
  2. ^ a b Cuénoud, P. 2008. A revision of the New Guinean genus Novopsocus Thornton (Psocoptera, Pseudocaeciliidae) with the description of two new species. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 115 : 331-340.

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