Austropsocus apicipunctatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Philotarsetae

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Ordo: Psocodea Subordo: Psocomorpha Infraordo: Philotarsetae

Familia: Pseudocaeciliidae
Subfamilia: Zelandopsocinae
Genus: Austropsocus
Species: Austropsocus apicipunctatus

Name

Austropsocus apicipunctatus (Tillyard, 1923: 189)

• Original genus: Caecilius Curtis, 1837
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Designated
  • Description: [Adult male]
  • Repository: NZAC, as 'Cawthron Institute collection'
• Type locality: 'York Bay, Wellington Harbour' [NEW ZEALAND WN]
• ZooBank: 3E0DEE32-4083-425F-ABFD-BF187EC3DEED

Synonymy

• Austropsocus hollowayae Smithers, 1969: 335

References

• Lee, S.S.; Thornton, I.W.B. 1967: The family Pseudocaeciliidae (Psocoptera) - a reappraisal based on the discovery of new Oriental and Pacific species. Pacific insects monograph, (16 ) PDF [See p. 111; placement in Pseudocaecilius ('new combination')]
• Smithers, C.N. 1969: The Psocoptera of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 8(4): 259-344. BUGZ. Reference page.  [See p. 343; redescription (types only); incertae sedis]
• Thornton, I.W.B. & Smithers, C.N. 1974. The Philotarsidae (Psocoptera) of New Caledonia. Pacific Insects 16(2): 177–243. full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 190; implied new combination ('Thus apicipunctatus can be assigned to Austropsocus, ...')]
• Thornton, I.W.B., Wong, S.K. & Smithers, C.N. 1977. The Philotarsidae (Psocoptera) of New Zealand and islands of the New Zealand Plateau. Pacific Insects 17(2-3): 197–228. PDF. Reference page.  [See p. 216, and figs. 52-55; redescription (female, male); placement in Austropsocus ('n. comb.')]
• Tillyard, R.J. 1923: A monograph of the Psocoptera, or Copeognatha, of New Zealand. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 54: 170-196, plate 18. BHL Reference page.