Species Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, 1931
Booklouse
- Liposcelis bostrychophilus Badonnel, A. 1931. Contribution a l'étude de la faune du Mozambique. Voyage de M.P. Lesne (1928–1929). 4e note. Copéognathes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 10 14(16): 229-260 37 figs [250].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♀ adult, Vila-Pery, Mozambique. - Liposcelis divergens Badonnel, A. 1943. Psocoptères. Faune de France 42: 1-164 375 figs [139].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP ♀ and unspecified number of males adults, in houses, Paris, France. - Liposcelis granicola 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 [47].
Type data:
Holotype OUM ♀ adult, Biological Field Station, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England.
Paratype(s) OUM ♀ ♀ adults.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Badonnel, A. 1946. Psocoptères du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 39: 137-196 126 figs [143] (Liposcelis divergens Badonnel, 1943 synonymous with Liposcelis bostrychophilus Badonnel, 1931)
- Broadhead, E. 1947. New species of Liposcelis Motschulsky (Corrodentia, Liposcelidae) in England. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 98(3): 41-58 1 pl. 9 figs [50] (Liposcelis granicola Broadhead & Hobby, 1944 synonymous with Liposcelis divergens)
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Probably introduced, Indo-Malayan region.
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
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |