Species Peripsocus milleri (Tillyard, 1923)
- Peripsocopsis milleri Tillyard, R.J. 1923. A Monograph of the Psocoptera, or Copeognatha, of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 54: 170-196 20 figs pl. 18 [195].
Type data:
Holotype NZAC ♀ adult, Hamilton, New Zealand. - Peripsocus eucalypti Edwards, B.A.B. 1950. A study of the Tasmanian Psocoptera with descriptions of new species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1949: 93-134 117 figs [122].
Type data:
Holotype AM K67684 ♀ adult, Ulverstone, NW coast of TAS.
Paratype(s) AM K67685 ♂ adult.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- New, T.R. 1973. New species and records of Peripsocus Hagen (Psocoptera, Peripsocidae) from Southeast Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 340-346 16 figs [346]
Generic Combinations
- Peripsocus milleri (Tillyard, 1923). —
Roesler, R. 1944. Die Gattungen der Copeognathen. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 105: 117-166 [154]
New, T.R. 1973. New species and records of Peripsocus Hagen (Psocoptera, Peripsocidae) from Southeast Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 340-346 16 figs [346]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
First record from Lord Howe Island. Previously recorded from Tasmania, Australia, New Zealand, Auckland Island, Kermadecs, Norfolk Island, Hawaii, Europe, Canary Islands, Madeira, North America. It is also known to occur in New Caledonia (unpublished material in the Australian Museum). (Smithers, 2007)
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), 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), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal.
Extra Ecological Information
In a wide variety of plant associations, on and under bark.
General References
Roesler, R. 1944. Die Gattungen der Copeognathen. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 105: 117-166 [154] (new combination)
Schmidt, E.R. & New, T.R. 2008. The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tasmania, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 71–152 [118]
Smithers, C.N. 1990. First record of Psocoptera as prey of Australian Sphecidae (Hymenoptera). Australian Entomological Magazine 17(2): 42 (prey of Nitela spinosae [Hymenoptera: Sphecidae])
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2014 | PSOCOMORPHA | 28-Oct-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco |
| 20-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED |