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
Nothocaecilius
gen. nov.
Diagnosis
. With the characters of the tribe
Epicaeciliini (
Mockford, 2000
)
plus the following: clypeal shelf narrow; labral stylets present; abdominal adhesive vesicles absent; brachypterous; setae of fore wing long, standing relatively upright, in at least two ranks on veins in basal half of wing; external valve represented by two or three setae; anterior margin of phallosome transverse; male epiproct with a small papillar field.
Type
species:
Nothocaecilius thomasi
sp. nov.
Remarks
. The combination of the above characters, particularly those associated with the brachypterous wings, are unique.
Etymology
. The generic name is a combination of the Greek
nothos
, spurious, and
Caecilius
, a genus of
Caeciliusidae
. It alludes to the
Nothofagus
rainforest habitat of the
type
species.