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Psocoptera of the Mascarene Islands
Author(s) -
TURNER B. D.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1976.tb00041.x
Subject(s) - psocoptera , biology , key (lock) , genus , zoology , ecology
Nineteen species of Psocoptera are known from the Mascarene Islands. Twelve of these species are endemic ( Echmepteryx chekei sp.n.; Lepidopsocus curtoisi sp.n.; Caecilius mascarenensis sp.n.; Mas–earopsocus spinosus Badonnel & Pearman; Peripsocus vacoasensis sp.n.; Hemipsocus mauritiensis sp.n.; Aaroniella reunionensis sp.n.; A.mauritiensis sp.n.; Ptycta chekei sp.n.; Pt.pulchra sp.n.; Pt.aschekei sp.n.; Pt.grucheti sp.n.), although the only endemic genus is Mascaropsocus . The other seven species are either pan–tropical orcosmopolitan. A key is provided to the nineteen species and Pseudocaecilius criniger (Perkins) is synonymized with citricola (Ashmead).