Genus Psocathropos Ribaga, 1899

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• Psocathropos Ribaga, C. 1899. Descrizione di nuovo genere e di una nuovo specie di Psocidi trovato in Italia. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 8: 156-159 pl. 7 [156] [in many publications after 1904 the spelling of Psocathropos was incorrectly given as Psocatropos; the ICZN clearly requires that the spelling to be used is Psocathropos; Smithers, C.N. 1984. New Australian records of Psyllipsocidae with comment on the spelling of Psocathropos Ribaga (Psocoptera: Psyllipsocidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 11(1): 1–4].

  Type species:

   Psocathropos lachlani Ribaga, 1899 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Smithers, C.N. 1984. New Australian records of Psyllipsocidae with comment on the spelling of Psocathropos Ribaga (Psocoptera: Psyllipsocidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 11(1): 1-4.
• Psocinella Banks, N. 1900. A new genus of Atropidae. Entomological News 11(4): 431-432 figs (not numbered) [431].

  Type species:

   Psocinella slossonae Banks, 1900 by original designation.
• Axinopsocus Enderlein, G. 1903. Neue Copeognathen aus Kamerun. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 19: 1-8 pl. 1 [2].

  Type species:

   Axinopsocus microps Enderlein, 1903 by monotypy.
• Vulturops Townsend, Ch.H.T. 1912. Vulturopinae, a new Subfamily of the Psocidae; type Vulturops gen.nov. (Platyp., Corrod.). Entomological News 23: 266-269 3 figs [267].

  Type species:

   Vulturops termitorum Townsend, 1912 by original designation.
• Gambrella Enderlein, G. 1931. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905 under the leadership of Mr. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. VIII. Die Copeognathen-Fauna der Seychellen. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 19: 207-240 52 figs pls 14-16 [221].

  Type species:

   Gambrella pilipennis Enderlein, 1931 by original designation.
• Granthakita Behura, B.K. & Dash, B. 1968. A new genus of Psocatropidae (Copeognatha) from India. Prakruti. Utkal University Journal-Science 5(2): 45-61 9 figs 4 tables [47].

  Type species:

   Granthakita cuttackae Behura & Dash, 1968 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Smithers, C.N. 1967. A catalogue of the Psocoptera of the world. The Australian Zoologist 14(1): 1-145 [14]
• Ray, K.K. 1979. Psocoptera of Calcutta and environs (West Bengal: India). Records of the Zoological Survey of India 75: 353-359 [353] (Granthakita Behura & Dash, 1968)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Aldabras, North America, Madeira, Hawaiian Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, 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) ; NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Madagascar
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Réunion
• Seychelles
• South Africa
• Zaire

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• Hawaii
• Papua New Guinea

Nearctic Region

• Mexico

Neotropical Region

• Argentina
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Jamaica
• Peru

Oriental Region

• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
  • Java
• Thailand

Palaearctic Region

• Bahrain
• Israel

Distribution References

History of changes

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