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Genus Echmepteryx Aaron, 1886

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Genus Echmepteryx Aaron, 1886

  • Echmepteryx Aaron, S.F. 1886. On some new Psocidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 38: 13-18 pl. I [17].
    Type species:
     Echmepteryx agilis Aaron, 1886 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

  • Roesler, R. 1944. Die Gattungen der Copeognathen. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 105: 117-166 [133]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Hawaiian Islands, Micronesia, West Africa, Moorea, Kermadecs, Chagos Archipelago, Germany (?introduced), Marie-Galante Is., Central America, Aldabras, the tropics.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Angola
  • Madagascar
  • Mauritius
  • Réunion
  • Seychelles

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Lord Howe Island
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Victoria: SE coastal
    • Western Australia: SW coastal
  • Fiji
  • Hawaii
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

  • United States of America

Neotropical Region

  • Barbados
  • Bermuda
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Cuba
  • Galapagos Islands
  • Jamaica
  • Mexico
  • Paraguay

Oriental Region

  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia
  • Sri Lanka

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

  • Smithers, C.N. 1972. The classification and phylogeny of the Psocoptera. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 14: 1-349 [37]
  • Smithers, C.N. 1995. Psocoptera (Insecta) of Christmas Island. Invertebrate Taxonomy 9: 529-561 [533]