The Psocoptera (Insecta: Psocodea) of St Helena and Ascension Island (South Atlantic) with a new record from South Africa
Author
Lienhard, Charles
Author
Philip Ashmole, N.
text
Revue suisse de Zoologie
2011
2011-09-30
118
3
423
449
https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/4eae42c8-7719-39e0-b7a1-b9cdb78a459c/
journal article
10.5962/bhl.part.117815
0035-418X
6311982
Stenocaecilius caboverdensis
(Meinander, 1966)
MATERIAL EXAMINED
:
BMNH
,
1♀
,
St Helena
,
Cuckhold's Point
,
S15º58'
W5º42'
,
771m
,
xii.2005
-
i.2006
, leg.
H. Mendel
(
Malaise trap
)
. –
BMNH
,
1♀
(damaged, lacking abdomen)
,
Ascension Island
,
Grazing Valley
,
S7º57'
W14º21'
,
viii.2003
, leg.
H. Mendel
(
pitfall trap
)
. –
BMNH
,
1♀
,
Ascension Island
,
Green Mt.
,
S7º57'
W14º21'
,
6.viii.2003
, leg.
H. Mendel
(vacuum sampler)
.
COMMENT: This atlanto-mediterranean species is here recorded for the first time from St Helena and
Ascension Island
. According to
Lienhard & Smithers (2002)
it is already known from three Macaronesian archipelagoes (
Cabo Verde
, Azores, Madeira) and from several mediterranean countries (
Cyprus
,
Greece
,
Israel
,
Portugal
and
Tunisia
).
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