Species Lachesilla pedicularia (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Species Lachesilla pedicularia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hemerobius pedicularius Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [551].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown adult (sex unknown), Europe.
Termes fatidicum Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [610].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown adult (sex unknown), Europe.
Hemerobius abdominalis Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [310].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, locality unknown.
Hemerobius pusillus Müller, O.F. 1776. Zoologicae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina et synonyma imprimis popularium. Copenhagen : Havniae Vol. 32 pp. 1-282. [pls published in 1777] [146].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown adult (sex unknown), locality unknown.
Psocus nigricans Stephens, F. 1836. Illustrations of British Entomology, or Synopsis of indigenous insects etc. London. 1827–1846 (Psocids: Pt 6, pp. 115–129). [127].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown adult (sex unknown), London.
Psocus dubius Stephens, F. 1836. Illustrations of British Entomology, or Synopsis of indigenous insects etc. London. 1827–1846 (Psocids: Pt 6, pp. 115–129). [127].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown adult (sex unknown), London.
Psocus domesticus Burmeister, H. 1839. Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin. 1832–1855. (Psocoptera: Bd 2 Abt. 2 Heft 2 pp. 772–782). [777].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown adult (sex unknown), Germany (probably).
Psocus binotatus Rambur, J.P. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Neuroptères. Nouvelle suites a Buffon. Paris xvii 534 pp. 12 pls (Psocids: pp. 317–324). [324].
Type data:
Holotype PCS ♀ adult, Paris.
Psocus salicis Hagen, H. 1861. Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America; with a list of South American species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 4: 1-347 [Psocids: pp. 7–14, 302] [13].
Type data:
Holotype USNM adult (sex unknown), New York.
Psocus geologus Walsh, B.D. 1862. List of the Pseudoneuroptera of Illinois contained in the cabinet of the writer.. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 14: 361-402 [Psocids: pp. 361–362] [362].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown adult (sex unknown), North America.
Leptopsocus exiguus Reuter, O.M. 1899. Antechningar om Finska Psocider. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 17(3): 1-7 [6].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown adult (sex unknown), Finland.
Lachesilla limbata Enderlein, G. 1924. Copeognathen. In Dampf. A. Zur Kenntnis der estländischen Moorfauna (II). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 31: 34-37 [36].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 3♂ adults, Zehlau-Hochmoor, East Prussia.
Caecilius nigrotuberculatus Curran, C.H. 1925. Descriptions of two insects found in imported foodstuffs. The Canadian Entomologist 57(12): 292-293 figs A, B [Psocids: p. 292 fig. B] [292].
Type data:
Holotype NMC 1543 adult (sex unknown), Montreal, in corn from Argentina.
Paratype(s) NMC 12 adult specimens (sexes unknown).
Lachesilla stigmalis Navás, L. 1932. Insectos de la Argentina. Revista de la Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fisico-Quimicas y Naturales de Zaragoza 16: 87-120 22 figs [Psocoptera: pp. 97–111 figs 4–15] [106].
Type data:

Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown adult (sex unknown), San Miguel, Argentina; MZBL 3 adult specimens (at least in type series, sexes unknown; type specimens are not mentioned by Meinander, M. 1979. Revision of the European Psocoptera recorded by Navás. Misc. Zool. 5: 59–67 in the results of his attempts to trace material of Navas' collection now in MZBL; they have probably been lost or destroyed), San Miguel, Argentina.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

McLachlan, R. 1867. A monograph of the British Psocidae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 3: 177-181, 194-197, 226-231, 241-245, 270- [196] (Lachesilla pedicularius (Linnaeus, 1758), Termes fatidicum Linnaeus, 1758)
Tullgren, A. 1909. Bidrag till kännedom om Sveriges Copeognather. Arkiv för Zoologi 5(8): 1-15 2 figs [10] (Leptopsocus exiguus Reuter, 1899)
Enderlein, G. 1919. Copeognatha. Collections Zoologique du Baron Edm. de Sélys-Longchamp. Catalogue systématique et descriptif. 3(2): 1–55 10 figs 5 pls. [16 et seq.] (lists the many synonyms of this much-described species and formally establishes many of them)
Gurney, A.B. 1939. Nomenclatural notes on Corrodentia, with descriptions of two new species of Archipsocus. Journal of the Academy of Science Washington 29(11): 501-515 15 figs [512] (discusses the synonymy of Hemerobius pedicularius and Termes fatidicum)
Smithers, C.N. 1967. A catalogue of the Psocoptera of the world. The Australian Zoologist 14(1): 1-145 [62] (provides a full list of synonyms)
Mockford, E.L. & Garcia Aldrete, A.N. 1974. Two new synonymies and a new name in North American Lachesilla (Psocoptera: Lachesillidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 50(3): 235-237 [235] (Caecilius nigrotuberculatus Curran, 1925)

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Probably introduced, Indo-Malayan region, Micronesia and Polynesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)