The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tasmania, Australia
Author
Schmidt, Evan R.
Author
New, Timothy R.
text
Memoirs of Museum Victoria
2008
2008-12-31
65
71
152
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-65-2008/pages-71-152/
journal article
10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.7
1447-2554
12211502
DA62FFC8-02A6-429F-9478-93453E083675
Ectopsocus vachoni
Badonnel.
Ectopsocus vachoni
Badonnel, 1945: 44
.
Material examined
.
University
of
Tasmania
,
Hobart
, litter from wet gully, 6,
28 Apr 1984
.
Distribution
. Cosmopolitan.
Remarks
. The present material includes only micropterous individuals with rudimentary wing buds, as figured by
Badonnel (1945: 44
, fig. 30). In
Australia
this species could be confused only with
Ectopsocus spiculatus
New, found in
Victoria
.
New (1973b)
noted the similarities and differences between the two species. This widespread species has previously been recorded from
Western Australia
(
Smithers, 1996c
).