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Species Ectopsocus briggsi MaLachlan, 1899

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Species Ectopsocus briggsi MaLachlan, 1899

  • Ectopsocus briggsi McLachlan, R. 1899. Ectopsocus briggsi, a new genus and species of Psocidae found in England. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 35: 277-278 illustr [277].
    Type data:
     Lectotype BMNH adult, sex unknown probably female), Lynmouth, North Devon, England.
    Paralectotype(s) BMNH adults, sexes unknown (McLachlan, R. 1899. Ectopsocus briggsi, a new genus and species of Psocidae found in England. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 35: 277–278 illustr. [277] mentions fourteen specimens, which he considered probably to be females; he does not mention a holotype but catalogue in BMNH list holotype and paratypes; lectotype designation has not been traced).
  • Ectopsocus limbatus Navás, L. 1909. Neuropteros nuevos de la fauna iberica. Actas y Memorias del Prim. Congreso Naturalistes Española. Ser 5 1: 143-158 pl. 13 figs 1-10 [155].
    Type data:
     Holotype MZBL (originally in Navas pers. coll. which is now in MZBL, but probably lost or destroyed since not located by Meinander, M. 1979. Revision of the European Psocoptera recorded by Navás. Misc. Zool. 5: 59–67 [64]), Spain.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Badonnel, A. 1943. Psocoptères. Faune de France 42: 1-164 375 figs [99]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Almost worldwide.


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, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Norfolk Island
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: SE coastal
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, litter.

Extra Ecological Information

Dead leaves in a wide range of habitats, the leaves usually smooth, without hairs.

 

General References

Badonnel, A. 1943. Psocoptères. Faune de France 42: 1-164 375 figs (biology)

Bigot, L. 1982. Structure et dynamique des populations frondicoles d'insectes Coleoptères et Psocoptères dans la Fôret de la Sainte-Baume. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Marseille 42: 7-18 3 figs (ecology, populations)

Bristowe, W.S. 1941. The Comity of Spiders. London. Vol. 2 pp. i–xiv 229–560 figs 16–96 pls XX–XXII (prey of spiders)

New, T.R. 1969. The early stages and life histories of some British foliage-frequenting Psocoptera, with notes on the overwintering stages of British arboreal Psocoptera. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 121(3): 59-77 7 figs (life history)

New, T.R. 1971. An introduction to the natural history of the British Psocoptera. The Entomologist 104: 59-97 (biology)