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Issue: Vol. 4526 No. 1: 28 Nov. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.1.7
Page range: 91–95
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 1

Lithoseopsis Mockford (Psocodea: Troctomorpha: Amphientomidae): a new species and first record for South America

Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, CdMx, MEXICO.
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Biologia, Bahia, BRAZIL.
Departamento de Biología, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, BRAZIL.
Psocoptera Taxonomy ‘Psocoptera’ Neotropics

Abstract

A species of Lithoseopsis Mockford, from the Brazilian state of Pará, is described and illustrated. It is the first species of Lithoseopsis recorded in Brazil, and the first of that genus known in South America. It differs from all the other species in the genus in details of the forewing pigmentation and spermapore sclerite. A map with the distribution of the Lithoseopsis species is included and two species groups of Lithoseopsis are diagnosed.

 

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