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Issue: Vol. 5374 No. 4: 20 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.4.8
Page range: 575-584
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A new species of the genus Lichenomima Enderlein, 1910 (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Myopsocidae) from India

Southern Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; 130; Santhome High Road; Chennai- 600 028; Tamil Nadu; India
Southern Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; 130; Santhome High Road; Chennai- 600 028; Tamil Nadu; India
Southern Regional Centre; Zoological Survey of India; 130; Santhome High Road; Chennai- 600 028; Tamil Nadu; India
Psocoptera Lichenomima PsocopteraWestern Ghats

Abstract

Lichenomima aldretei n. sp. is described and depicted here and collected from the forests of the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India, and is distinguished by a distinctive apical lobe in the hypandrium.

 

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