Mepleres watti

Mepleres watti (forewing, length about 2.4 mm)

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: Pseudocaeciliinae
Genus: Mepleres
Species: Mepleres watti

Name

Mepleres watti (Smithers, 1973: 148)

• Original genus: Pseudoscottiella Badonnel, 1946
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Holotype
  • Fixation: Designated and unique
  • Description: [Adult] female
  • Repository: NZAC, as 'D.S.I.R.'
• Type locality: 'Raoul Id.' [NEW ZEALAND KE]
• ZooBank: 2C97295D-07A3-4DD0-A310-7509C8F3188B

References

• Smithers, C.N. 1973. A new species and new records of Psocoptera from the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand Entomologist 5(2): 147–150. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1973.9722985 . Reference page.  [See p. 148, figs. 1-6; as Pseudoscottiella watti; original description (female)]
• Yoshizawa, K. 2000. Redescription of Mepleres suzukii (Okamoto), with comments on synonymy among Mepleres, Pseudoscottiella and Meniscopsocus (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera': Pseudocaeciliidae). Entomological science 3(4): 669–674. Abstract and PDF. Reference page.  [See p. 674, under 'new combinations']

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