Genus Liposcelis Motschulsky, 1852

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Widespread.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

General References

Schmidt, E.R. & New, T.R. 2008. The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tasmania, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 71–152 [84] (Liposcelis spp. from SW Tasmania)

 

History of changes

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Species Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, 1931

Booklouse

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Probably introduced, Indo-Malayan region.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Probably the commonest domestic psocopteran pest, cause of allergic reactions in humans, stored products, in termite nest, in seal and rodent fur, on shrubs, bark, trees, bracket fungi, in soil, in bostrychid burrow.

 

General References

Allen, R.W. 1959. Preliminary note on the larval development of the Fringed Tapeworm of sheep, Thysanosoma actinioides Diesing, 1834, in Psocids (Psocoptera, Corrodentia). Journal of Parasitology 45(5): 537-538 1 fig. (host of larval cestodes)

Broadhead, E. & Hobby, B.M. 1944. Studies on a species of Liposcelis (Corrodentia, Liposcelidae) occurring in stored products in Britain. Pt I. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 80: 45-59 figs 1-20

Garcia Aldrete, A.N. 1988. The Psocids (Psocoptera), of Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico. Species diversity, abundance, distribution and seasonal changes. Folia Entomologica Mexicana 77: 63-84 4 figs (ecology)

Goss, R.J. 1954. Ovarian development and oögenesis in the book-louse, Liposcelis divergens Badonnel (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 47(1): 190-207 2 pls

Lienhard, C. 1990. Revision of the Western Palaearctic species of Liposcelis Motschulsky (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 117: 117-174 figs 1-21 (gives full references to mainly European studies on biology and economic importance)

New, T.R. 1971. An introduction to the natural history of the British Psocoptera. The Entomologist 104: 59-97

Rees, D.P. & Walker, A.J. 1990. The effect of temperature and relative humidity on population growth of three Liposcelis species (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae) infesting stored products in tropical countries. Bulletin of Entomological Research 80: 353-358 (temperature and humidity effects)

Smithers, C.N. 1996. Psocoptera. pp. 1-79 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 26. Psocoptera, Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xiii 418 pp. (this is the 'booklouse' of modern literature)

 

History of changes

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Species Liposcelis corrodens (Heymons, 1909)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Probably introduced.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, under bark.

Extra Ecological Information

Guano in caves, mammal and wasp nests, in houses.

 

General References

Broadhead, E. 1952. A comparative study of the mating of eight Liposcelis species. Trans. 9th Int. Congr. Ent. Amsterdam 1951: 380–382 1 fig.

Lienhard, C. 1990. Revision of the Western Palaearctic species of Liposcelis Motschulsky (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 117: 117-174 figs 1-21 (references to biology in Europe)

 

History of changes

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Species Liposcelis divinatorium Müller, 1776

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.


Ecological Descriptors

Stored products.

 

General References

Broadhead, E. 1950. A revision of the genus Liposcelis Motschulsky with notes on the position of this genus in the order Corrodentia and on the variability of ten Liposcelis species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 101(10): 335-388 3 pls 28 figs [382] (placed the name Liposcelis divinatorium under the heading 'Incertae Sedis')

Enderlein, G. 1906. Die australischen Copeognathen. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 23: 401-412 pl. 23 [412] (name used for Australian material)

Evans, J.W. 1943. Insects pests and their control. Hobart 178 pp. 104 figs (Psocoptera: pp. 16, 152, 153). [152] (name used for Australian material)

Hickman, V.V. 1934. A contribution to the study of Tasmanian Copeognatha. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1933: 77-89 6 figs [83] (name used for Australian material)

Lienhard, C. 1990. Revision of the Western Palaearctic species of Liposcelis Motschulsky (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 117: 117-174 figs 1-21 [163] (points out that it is impossible to recognise this species from the original description and that the types are untraceable. There are very many references to this name in the literature and they undoubtedly refer to an array of species. Much of the literature on material collected in general surveys and on pests, especially that dealing with domestic species and associated with stored products, refer to almost any occurrence of Liposcelis species as Liposcelis divinatorius, Liposcelis divinatoria or Liposcelis divinatorium. In many such cases the name seems to have simply been applied to any species having the general appearance of the traditional 'booklouse'. The name no longer appears in taxonomic papers and it seems very unlikely that it could ever be reliably applied to any particular species)

 

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Species Liposcelis entomophila (Enderlein, 1907)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Probably introduced, Barrow Island, Indo-Malayan, Melanesia, Polynesia.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

Extra Ecological Information

In buildings, in caves on guano, stored products.

 

General References

Broadhead, E. 1952. A comparative study of the mating of eight Liposcelis species. Trans. 9th Int. Congr. Ent. Amsterdam 1951: 380–382 1 fig.

Broadhead, E. 1954. A new parthenogenetic psocid from stored products, with observations on parthenogenesis in other psocids. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 90: 10-16

New, T.R. 1971. An introduction to the natural history of the British Psocoptera. The Entomologist 104: 59-97

Rees, D.P. & Walker, A.J. 1990. The effect of temperature and relative humidity on population growth of three Liposcelis species (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae) infesting stored products in tropical countries. Bulletin of Entomological Research 80: 353-358 (temperature and humidity effects)

Srivastava, D.C. & Sinha, T.B. 1975. Food preference of a common psocid (Liposcelis entomophilus (End.)) Psocoptera: Liposcelidae. Indian Journal of Ecology 2(1): 102-104

Srivastava, D.C. & Sinha, T.B. 1981. Passage of food through the gut of Liposcelis entomophilus (End.) (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae). Zoologische Beiträge. Berlin 26: 345-347

Srivastava, D.C. & Sinha, T.B. 1981. pH in the gut of Liposcelis entomophilus (End.) (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae). Zoologische Beiträge. Berlin 26: 341-343

 

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Species Liposcelis pubescens Broadhead, 1947

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Probably introduced, St Helena.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Neotropical Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

In buildings.

 

General References

Broadhead, E. 1952. A comparative study of the mating of eight Liposcelis species. Trans. 9th Int. Congr. Ent. Amsterdam 1951: 380–382 1 fig.

Broadhead, E. 1954. A new parthenogenetic psocid from stored products, with observations on parthenogenesis in other psocids. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 90: 10-16

 

History of changes

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Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)