Taxonavigation

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

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.