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Genus Psocathropos Ribaga, 1899

  • Psocathropos Ribaga, C. 1899. Descrizione di nuovo genere e di una nuovo specie di Psocidi trovato in Italia. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale 8: 156-159 pl. 7 [156] [in many publications after 1904 the spelling of Psocathropos was incorrectly given as Psocatropos; the ICZN clearly requires that the spelling to be used is Psocathropos; Smithers, C.N. 1984. New Australian records of Psyllipsocidae with comment on the spelling of Psocathropos Ribaga (Psocoptera: Psyllipsocidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 11(1): 1–4].
    Type species:
     Psocathropos lachlani Ribaga, 1899 by monotypy.
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Smithers, C.N. 1984. New Australian records of Psyllipsocidae with comment on the spelling of Psocathropos Ribaga (Psocoptera: Psyllipsocidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 11(1): 1-4.
  • Psocinella Banks, N. 1900. A new genus of Atropidae. Entomological News 11(4): 431-432 figs (not numbered) [431].
    Type species:
     Psocinella slossonae Banks, 1900 by original designation.
  • Axinopsocus Enderlein, G. 1903. Neue Copeognathen aus Kamerun. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung für Systematik 19: 1-8 pl. 1 [2].
    Type species:
     Axinopsocus microps Enderlein, 1903 by monotypy.
  • Vulturops Townsend, Ch.H.T. 1912. Vulturopinae, a new Subfamily of the Psocidae; type Vulturops gen.nov. (Platyp., Corrod.). Entomological News 23: 266-269 3 figs [267].
    Type species:
     Vulturops termitorum Townsend, 1912 by original designation.
  • Gambrella Enderlein, G. 1931. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905 under the leadership of Mr. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. VIII. Die Copeognathen-Fauna der Seychellen. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London Zoology 2 19: 207-240 52 figs pls 14-16 [221].
    Type species:
     Gambrella pilipennis Enderlein, 1931 by original designation.
  • Granthakita Behura, B.K. & Dash, B. 1968. A new genus of Psocatropidae (Copeognatha) from India. Prakruti. Utkal University Journal-Science 5(2): 45-61 9 figs 4 tables [47].
    Type species:
     Granthakita cuttackae Behura & Dash, 1968 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Smithers, C.N. 1967. A catalogue of the Psocoptera of the world. The Australian Zoologist 14(1): 1-145 [14]
  • Ray, K.K. 1979. Psocoptera of Calcutta and environs (West Bengal: India). Records of the Zoological Survey of India 75: 353-359 [353] (Granthakita Behura & Dash, 1968)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aldabras, North America, Madeira, Hawaiian Is.


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

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Angola
  • Cameroon
  • Madagascar
  • Mozambique
  • Nigeria
  • Réunion
  • Seychelles
  • South Africa
  • Zaire

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Hawaii
  • Papua New Guinea

Nearctic Region

  • Mexico

Neotropical Region

  • Argentina
  • Colombia
  • Cuba
  • Jamaica
  • Peru

Oriental Region

  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Indonesia
    • Java
  • Thailand

Palaearctic Region

  • Bahrain
  • Israel

Distribution References

  • Smithers, C.N. 1972. The classification and phylogeny of the Psocoptera. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 14: 1-349 [52]