Genus Myopsocus Hagen, 1866

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• Myopsocus Hagen, H. 1866. Psocinorum et Embidinorum Synopsis synonymica. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 201-222 [203].

  Type species:

   Psocus unduosus Hagen, 1859 by subsequent designation, see Kimmins, D.E. 1941. The types of some genera of Plecoptera and Psocoptera. The Entomologist 74: 87 [87]
• Phlotodes Enderlein, G. 1910. Eine Dekade neuer Copeognathengattungen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1910(2): 63-77 10 figs [67].

  Type species:

   Myopsocus kolbei Enderlein, 1903 by original designation.
• Rhaptoneura Enderlein, G. 1910. Eine Dekade neuer Copeognathengattungen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1910(2): 63-77 10 figs [68].

  Type species:

   Rhaptoneura dispar Enderlein, 1910 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Badonnel, A. 1967. Insectes Psocoptères. Faune de Madagascar 23: 1-238 496 figs [176] (Rhaptoneura Enderlein, 1910 and Phlotodes)
• Mockford, E.L. 1982. Redescription of the type species of Myopsocus, M. unduosus (Hagen), and resulting nomenclatural changes in genera and species of Myopsocidae (Psocoptera). Psyche (Cambridge) Camb. 89(3–4): 211-220 6 figs [214] (Rhaptoneura and Phlotodes with Myopsocus)
• Smithers, C.N. 1964. The Myopsocidae of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 33(7–8): 133-138 9 figs [133] (followed a suggestion by Pearman, in lit., that as clear distinctions could not be made between Lichenomima, Phlotodes Enderlein, 1910 and Rhaptoneura Enderlein, 1910 on the basis of published information, species in these genera should be placed in Myopsocus Hagen, 1866 (sensu lato) until further studies could be undertaken)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal
• New Zealand

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