Novopsocus

Novopsocus
Novopsocus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocoptera
Family: Pseudocaeciliidae
Genus: Novopsocus
Thornton, 1984
Species

N. caeciliae
N. magnus
N. stenopterus

Novopsocus is a genus in the Pseudocaeciliidae family, with, until year 2008, one described species endemic to New Guinea. It was later found that this species was indeed composed of two species, and an individual of a third species was found. The genus is characterised by a flat head with a sharp vertex, narrow, strap-like wings, and antennae with a broad, flattened first flagellar segment in the males of two species.

Sources

  • Thornton, I. W. B. 1984. An unusual psocopteran from new Guinea and its relationships within the Philotarsidae. International journal of entomology. 26: 378-385.
  • Cuénoud, P. 2008. A revision of the New Guinean genus Novopsocus Thornton (Psocoptera, Pseudocaeciliidae) with the description of two new species. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 115 : 331-340
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