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
Lepinotus reticulatus
Enderlein
Lepinotus reticulatus
Enderlein, 1905: 31
.
!
Lepinotus reticulatus
. ---
Schmidt and Thornton, 1993: 148
.
Material examined
.
Site
79, 1, 3 Feb 87;
site
159A, 1, 9 Aug 86.
Distribution.
Cosmopolitan.
Remarks.
In
Australia
this species has been recorded from
South Australia
, Curtis I (Bass Strait) and recently from Wilsons Promontory,
Victoria
. Closer examination of the Wilsons Promontory material has revealed an error in identification; they are clearly conspecific with Tasmanian material of
Lepinotus tasmaniensis
.
Reticulate wings are not present on the material examined. The reticulate pattern on the vertex and postclypeus is absent and no parietal glands are evident. The sensillum on the second segment of the maxillary palp (
Enderlein, 1905
, plate 2, fig. 19) appears similar in size to that of
Lepinotus tasmaniensis
, which is smaller than that of
Lepinotus huoni
. The paraprocts possess a ventral sclerotised bar as found in
Lepinotus huoni
, but this is absent in
Lepinotus tasmaniensis
and
Lepinotus stoneae
. The referral of this material to
L. reticulatus
is provisional.