Species Propsocus pulchripennis (Perkins, 1899)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stenopsocus pulchripennis Perkins, R.C.L. 1899. Neuroptera. Fauna Hawaiiensis. Cambridge (Psocidae: Vol. 2 Pt 2 pp. 77–87). [83] [Perkins, R.C.L. 1899. Neuroptera. Fauna Hawaiiensis. Cambridge (Psocidae: Vol. 2 Pt 2 pp. 77–87). [83] specimen is 'much mutilated'].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH adult (sex not recorded), Mount Hualalai (8000 feet), Hawaii.

  Secondary source:

   Perkins, R.C.L. 1899. Neuroptera. Fauna Hawaiiensis. Cambridge (Psocidae: Vol. 2 Pt 2 pp. 77–87).
• Myopsocus nitens 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 [81].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K66905 ♀ adult, New Town, TAS.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [113]

 

Generic Combinations

• Propsocus pulchripennis (Perkins, 1899). —
  Zimmerman, E.C. 1957. Insects of Hawaii. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press (Corrodentia: Vol. 6 p. 179).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Polynesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: SW coastal
• New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, tall forest.

Extra Ecological Information

Occurs in a great variety of forest types, often in dead leaves, in debris.

 

General References

Zimmerman, E.C. 1957. Insects of Hawaii. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press (Corrodentia: Vol. 6 p. 179). [179] (new combination)

 

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