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Genus Lachesilla Westwood, 1840

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Genus Lachesilla Westwood, 1840

  • Lachesilla Westwood, J.O. 1840. Synopsis of the genera of British Insects. London 158 pp. [Psocidae: pp. 46–47, 158] [47].
    Type species:
     Termes fatidicum Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
  • Pterodela Kolbe, H.J. 1880. Monographie der deutschen Psociden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Westfalens. Jahresbericht des Westfälischen Provinzial-Vereins für Wissenschaft und Kunst 8: 73-142 pls i-iv [118].
    Type species:
     Hemerobius pedicularius Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Gurney, A.B. 1939. Nomenclatural notes on Corrodentia, with descriptions of two new species of Archipsocus. Journal of the Academy of Science Washington 29(11): 501-515 15 figs
  • Leptopsocus Reuter, O.M. 1899. Antechningar om Finska Psocider. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 17(3): 1-7 [5].
    Type species:
     Leptopsocus exiguus Reuter, 1899 by monotypy.
  • Terracaecilius Chapman, P.J. 1930. Corrodentia of the United States of America. I. Suborder Isotecnomera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 38: 219-290, 319-402 pls XII-XXI [343].
    Type species:
     Terracaecilius pallidus Chapman, 1930 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Gurney, A.B. 1939. Nomenclatural notes on Corrodentia, with descriptions of two new species of Archipsocus. Journal of the Academy of Science Washington 29(11): 501-515 15 figs [512]
  • Tullgren, A. 1909. Bidrag till kännedom om Sveriges Copeognather. Arkiv för Zoologi 5(8): 1-15 2 figs [2]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread.


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

Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Mauritius

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Victoria: SE coastal

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

  • Garcia Aldrete, A.N. 1974. A classification above species level of the genus Lachesilla Westwood (Psocoptera: Lachesillidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana 27: 1-88 278 figs
  • Garcia Aldrete, A.N. 1982. The species group "riegeli" of the genus Lachesilla (Psocoptera: Lachesillidae). Diagnoses, records and descriptions of new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 209(3/4): 196-210 45 figs
  • Garcia Aldrete, A.N. 1988. Species of Lachesilla (Psocoptera: Lachesillidae) from the Indian Himalaya. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico Serie Zoología 58(2): 525-532 15 figs
  • Garcia Aldrete, A.N. 1990. Sistematica de las especies de Lachesilla en la grupo rufa. Distribucion geographica y afinidades. (Insecta: Psocoptera: Lachesillidae). Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico Serie Zoología 61(1): 13-97 200 figs