Species Ectopsocus briggsi MaLachlan, 1899
- Ectopsocus briggsi McLachlan, R. 1899. Ectopsocus briggsi, a new genus and species of Psocidae found in England. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 35: 277-278 illustr. [277].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH adult, sex unknown probably female), Lynmouth, North Devon, England.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH adults, sexes unknown (McLachlan, R. 1899. Ectopsocus briggsi, a new genus and species of Psocidae found in England. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 35: 277–278 illustr. [277] mentions fourteen specimens, which he considered probably to be females; he does not mention a holotype but catalogue in BMNH list holotype and paratypes; lectotype designation has not been traced). - Ectopsocus limbatus Navás, L. 1909. Neuropteros nuevos de la fauna iberica. Actas y Memorias del Prim. Congreso Naturalistes Española. Ser 5 1: 143-158 pl. 13 figs 1-10 [155].
Type data:
Holotype MZBL (originally in Navas pers. coll. which is now in MZBL, but probably lost or destroyed since not located by Meinander, M. 1979. Revision of the European Psocoptera recorded by Navás. Misc. Zool. 5: 59–67 [64]), Spain. - Ectopsocus punctatus Thornton, I.W.B. & Wong, S.K. 1968. The Peripsocid fauna (Psocoptera) of the Oriental Region and the Pacific. Pacific Insects Monographs 19: 1-158 302 figs [137].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM tube NZ7.7, slides NZ7.7a, b, ♀ adult, Nguongotaha Mt, Rotonia, Auckland Province, New Zealand ('Rotonia' is possibly a typographical error and should be 'Rotorua').
Paratype(s) BPBM Bishop 7982 tube NZ2.2, slides NZ2.2a, b, ♂adult; whereabouts unknown 3♀ ♂ adults.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Badonnel, A. 1943. Psocoptères. Faune de France 42: 1-164 375 figs [99]
- Smithers, C.N. 2003. The identity and nomenclature of some species of Ectopsocus McLachlan (Psocoptera, Ectopsocidae) common to the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Australasian regions. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 139(1664-1666): 1-6
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Almost worldwide.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), 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), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, litter.
Extra Ecological Information
Dead leaves in a wide range of habitats, the leaves usually smooth, without hairs.
General References
Badonnel, A. 1943. Psocoptères. Faune de France 42: 1-164 375 figs (biology)
Bigot, L. 1982. Structure et dynamique des populations frondicoles d'insectes Coleoptères et Psocoptères dans la Fôret de la Sainte-Baume. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Marseille 42: 7-18 3 figs (ecology, populations)
Bristowe, W.S. 1941. The Comity of Spiders. London. Vol. 2 pp. i–xiv 229–560 figs 16–96 pls XX–XXII. (prey of spiders)
New, T.R. 1969. The early stages and life histories of some British foliage-frequenting Psocoptera, with notes on the overwintering stages of British arboreal Psocoptera. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 121(3): 59-77 7 figs (life history)
New, T.R. 1971. An introduction to the natural history of the British Psocoptera. The Entomologist 104: 59-97 (biology)
History of changes
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