Species Psyllipsocus ramburii Sélys-Longchamps, 1872

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• Psyllipsocus ramburii Sélys-Longchamps, E. de 1872. Notes on two new genera of Psocidae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 9: 145-146 2 figs [146].

  Type data:

   Holotype RIB (?) adult (sex unknown, the wording of the description suggests that Sélys-Longchamps may have obtained one of a series of Paris specimens which Rambur, J.P. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Neuroptères. Nouvelle suites a Buffon. Paris xvii 534 pp. 12 pls (Psocids: pp. 317–324). [323] had misidentified as Psocus pedicularius Linnaeus), Paris.
• Dorypteryx hageni Banks, N. in Call, R.E. 1897. Some notes on the flora and fauna of Mammoth Cave, Ky. American Naturalist 31: 377-392 [Psocidae: p. 382 pl. x fig. 4] [382].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown several nymphs, Labyrinth, under way to Gorin's Dome, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA.
• Nymphopsocus destructor Enderlein, G. 1903. Ein neuer Copeognathentypus, zugleich ein neuer deutscher Wohnungsschädling. Zoologischer Anzeiger 27: 76 [76].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown very large number of specimens (Enderlein, G. 1903. Nymphopsocus destructor Enderl. 1903, ein Copeognathen-Typus, zugleich ein neuer deutscher Wohnungs-Schädling. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung für Systematik 19: 727–732 figs A–C pl. 43 [731], when redescribing the species in greater detail than in Enderlein, G. 1903. Ein neuer Copeognathentypus, zugleich ein neuer deutscher Wohnungsschädling. Zoologischer Anzeiger 27: 76 [76], mentions only two females and an undisclosed number of nymphs from the same material), Charlottenburg, near Berlin, Germany.
• Ocelloria gravonymphia Weber, S.E. 1906. The possible dissemination of tubercle bacilli by insects. New York Medical Journal 84: 884-888 4 figs [885] [Weber's taxonomic work was somewhat informal].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
• Ocellataria gravinympha Weber, S.E. 1907. A new genus of Atropidae. Entomological News 18: 189-194 5 figs [189] [Weber's taxonomic work was somewhat informal, Ocellataria Weber with only slight changes in spelling from Ocelloria Weber, being based on the description of this species from two specimens].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM No. 46844 2♂ ♀ adults, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Nymphopsocus troglodyta Enderlein, G. 1909. Biospeologica. XI. Copeognathen (Erste Reihe). Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 5 1: 533-539 pl. XVIII [536].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) STM 2♀ 15 nymphs, Cave of Mount de Chac, Salies-de-Salat, 450 m, Southern France.
• Fita vestigator Navás, L. 1913. Socidos (Ins. Neur.) de España nuevos. Revista Académica, Madrid 12: 329-335 5 figs [333] [Meinander, M. 1979. Revision of the European Psocoptera recorded by Navás. Misc. Zool. 5: 59–67 [65] could not find the holotype in Navas' collection which is now in MZBL].

  Type data:

   Holotype adult (sex unknown), Zaragoza, Spain.

  Secondary source:

   Meinander, M. 1979. Revision of the European Psocoptera recorded by Navás. Miscelánea Zoológica, Barcelona 5: 59-67.
• Fabrella convexa Lacroix, J. 1915. Quelques anomalies chez les Psoques. Insecta 3(29): 162-167 7 figs [*C*].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown adult (sex unknown), France.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Reuter, O.M. 1904. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Copeognathen Finnlands. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 26(9): 1-28 3 pls [25] (Nymphopsocus destructor Enderlein, 1903)
• Pearman, J.V. 1928. Biological observations on British Psocoptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 64: 209-218, 239-243, 283-268 [212] (Ocellataria gravinympha Weber, 1907)
• Badonnel, A. 1935. Psocoptères de France. 5e note. Liste d'espèces nouvelles ou peu connu avec indication du quelques synonymies. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 40: 199-203 [201] (Nymphopsocus troglodyta Enderlein, 1909, Fita vestigator Navas, 1913, Fabrella convexa Lacroix, 1915)
• Gurney, A.B. 1943. A synopsis of the Psocids of the tribe Psyllipsocini, including the description of an unusual new genus from Arizona (Corrodentia, Empheriidae, Empheriinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36: 195-220 6 pls [204] (Ocelloria gravonymphia Weber, 1906)
• Mockford, E.L. 1993. North American Psocoptera (Insecta). Fauna and Flora Handbook No. 10. Gainesville, Florida : Sandhill Crane Press pp. i-xviii 455. [53] (Dorypteryx hageni Banks, 1897)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Qld; also Indo-Malayan region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: W plateau
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
• New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, closed forest, litter, scrub.

Extra Ecological Information

In buildings, in mines, in bee nests, in guano, in moss, in stored products, on timber.

 

General References

Badonnel, A. 1943. Psocoptères. Faune de France 42: 1-164 375 figs

Badonnel, A. 1948. L'effet de groupe chez Psyllipsocus ramburi Sélys-Longchamps (Psocoptères)—note préliminaire. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 73: 80-83 (polymorphism)

Gurney, A.B. 1943. A synopsis of the Psocids of the tribe Psyllipsocini, including the description of an unusual new genus from Arizona (Corrodentia, Empheriidae, Empheriinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36: 195-220 6 pls

Gurney, A.B. 1950. Psocids likely to be encountered by Pest Control Operators. Pest Control Technology, Entomological Section (National Pest Control Association). (Corrodentia: pp. 131–163 figs 61–63). (economic importance, habits, life history)

Schmidt, E.R. & New, T.R. 2008. The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tasmania, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 71–152 [82]

Schneider, N. 1978. Staubläuse—unscheinbare Hausgenossen des Menschen. Biologie in Unserer Zeit 8(2): 54-56 (development, ecology, polymorphism)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Jun-2014	TROGIOMORPHA	27-Oct-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco
		12-Feb-2010	(import)