Genus Caecilius Curtis, 1837

Museums

Regional Maps

• Caecilius Curtis, J. 1837. British Entomology. London. 1823–1840 (Psocids: Pt 14: 648–651). [648].

  Type species:

   Psocus fuscopterus Latreille, 1799 by subsequent designation, see Mockford, E.L. 1969. The genus Caecilius (Psocoptera: Caeciliidae). Part III. The North American species of the alcinus, caligonus and subflavus groups. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 95: 77-151 pls 1-16 [78].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Meinander, M. 1979. Revision of the European Psocoptera recorded by Navás. Miscelánea Zoológica, Barcelona 5: 59-67 [61]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Distribution References

General References

ICZN 1996. Opinion 1830. Caeciliidae Kolbe, 1880 (Insecta, Psocoptera): spelling emended to Caeiliusidae, so removing the homonymy with Caeciliidae Rafinesque, 1814 (Amphibia, Gymnophiona). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 53(1): 68-69 (emendation of family name to Caeciliusidae)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-May-2015	PSOCOMORPHA	06-Dec-2022	MODIFIED
		20-Feb-2013	MODIFIED