Species Nimbopsocus australis (Brauer, 1865)
- Psocus australis Brauer, F. 1865. Vierter Bericht über die auf der Weltfahrt der kais. Fregatte Novara gesammelten Neuropteren. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 903-908 [908].
Type data:
Holotype NHMW ♀ adult, Australia (as Neuholland). - Psocus griseipennis McLachlan, R. 1866. New genera and species of Psocidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 3 5: 345-352 [348].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OUM adults (number and sexes unknown), Australia; BMNH ♀ adult (probably part of type series), Australia. - Myopsocus novaezealandiae Kolbe, H.J. 1883. Ueber das Genus Myopsocus und dessen species. Entomologische Nachrichten. Berlin 9: 141-146 [145] [Hutton, F.W. 1899. The Neuroptera of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 31: 208–249 [Psocids: p. 211] mentions that the types of this species were sent to McLachlan in 1873; there are 2 males and 8 females mounted on a card in BMNH labelled as 'cotypes'].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂ 8♀ adults, Wellington, New Zealand.Secondary source:
Hutton, F.W. 1899. The Neuroptera of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 31: 208-249 [Psocids: p. 211]. - Psocus zelandicus Hudson, G.A. 1892. An elementary Manual of New Zealand Entomology. London. 122 pp. frontis. 20 pls (Psocidae: p. 107 pl. XVI figs 2, 2a). [107].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, New Zealand.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McLachlan, R. 1894. Some additions to the Neuropterous fauna of New Zealand, with notes on certain described species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 30: 238-243, 270-272 [Psocidae: p. 270] [270] (Myopsocus novaezelanidae Kolbe, 1883)
- Smithers, C.N. 1975. The names of Australian and New Zealand Myopsocidae (Psocoptera). Australian Entomological Magazine 2(4): 76-78 [76] (Myopsocus griseipennis (McLachlan, 1866), Psocus zelandicus Hudson, 1892)
- Smithers, C.N. 2007. Lord Howe Island Psocoptera (Insecta). Records of the Australian Museum 59: 9-26 [24]
Generic Combinations
- Myopsocus australis (Brauer, 1865). —
Kolbe, H.J. 1883. Ueber das Genus Myopsocus und dessen species. Entomologische Nachrichten. Berlin 9: 141-146 [145] (new combination) - Nimbopsocus australis (Brauer, 1865). —
Smithers, C.N. 2004. A new genus for three species of Australian Myopsocidae (Psocoptera). pp. 159-168 in Garcìa Aldrete, A.N., Lienhard, C. & Mockford, E.L. (eds). Thorntoniana. A commemorative volume for Ian W.B. Thornton. Mexico : Instituto de Biologia, UNAM. [162] (new combination) - Phlotodes australis (Brauer, 1865). —
Smithers, C.N. & Thornton, I.W.B. 1974. The Myopsocidae (Psocoptera) of New Guinea and New Caledonia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 126(1): 91-127 95 figs [125] (new combination) - Phlotodes griseipennis (McLachlan, 1866). —
Enderlein, G. 1910. Eine Dekade neuer Copeognathengattungen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1910(2): 63-77 10 figs [67] (new combination) - Phlotodes novaezealandiae (Kolbe, 1883). —
Smithers, C.N. & Thornton, I.W.B. 1974. The Myopsocidae (Psocoptera) of New Guinea and New Caledonia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 126(1): 91-127 95 figs [125] (new combination)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern and SW Australia, Norfolk & Lord Howe Island; Kermadec Is.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal.
Extra Ecological Information
On bark, wooden fences, algal and fungal feeders, nymphs gregarious.
General References
Campbell, J.W. 1928. Notes on egg-laying and mating habits of Myopsocus novae-zelandiae Kolbe. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Brooklyn 23: 124-128 2 figs (mating, oviposition)
Schmidt, E.R. & New, T.R. 2008. The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tasmania, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 71–152 [148]
Smithers, C.N. 2007. Lord Howe Island Psocoptera (Insecta). Records of the Australian Museum 59: 9-26 [24]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2023 | PSOCOMORPHA | 02-May-2023 | MOVED | |
| 20-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED |