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Issue: Vol. 4243 No. 3: 16 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.10
Page range: 589–599
Abstract views: 76
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The bark louse family Stenopsocidae (Psocodea: Psocomorpha) newly recorded from Laos, with description of three new species

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Psocoptera taxonomy Stenopsocus Malostenopsocus

Abstract

The order Psocodea is poorly known from Laos. Here three new species of Stenopsocidae were described, i.e., Malostenopsocus lacteus sp. nov., Stenopsocus abnomis sp. nov., and Stenopsocus wangi sp. nov. Stenopsocus externus Banks, 1937 is also newly recorded from Laos.

 

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