Archipsocus

Archipsocus is a genus of bark lice in the insect family Archipsocidae. Members of this genus are found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world and were first reported in North America in 1934 when Archipsocus nomas became abundant near New Orleans.

Archipsocidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Psocoptera
Suborder:
Psocomorpha
Infraorder:
Homilopsocidea
Family:
Archipsocidae
Genus:
Archipsocus

Hagen, 1882
Genera

See text

Psocids in the genus Archipsocus differ from each other on minute particulars and there is not a single feature that can be used to diagnose all the species. Some characteristics that may be useful include the length of the different segments of the antennae and the shape of the phallic frame. [1]

Taxonomy

Some species that used to be included in this genus and which give birth by parthenogenesis to live young, have now been separated into the genus Archipsocopsis. These include Archipsocopsis frater (Mockford, 1957) and Archipsocopsis parvula (Mockford, 1953).[2]

Some selected species
  • Archipsocus badonneli [3]
  • Archipsocus brasilianus (Enderlein) [3]
  • Archipsocus broadheadi (Badonnel) [3]
  • Archipsocus castrii (Badonnel) [3]
  • Archipsocus cervinus [3]
  • Archipsocus corbetae (Smithers, 1964)[4]
  • Archipsocus costalima [3]
  • Archipsocus dextor (Enderlein, 1911)[5]
  • Archipsocus enderleini [3]
  • Archipsocus floridanus (Mockford, 1953)[6]
  • Archipsocus gibberophallus [3]
  • Archipsocus granulosus (Badonnel)[3]
  • Archipsocus gurneyi (Mockford, 1953)[6]
  • Archipsocus indentatus (Mockford)[3]
  • Archipsocus lenkoi (Badonnel)[3]
  • Archipsocus lineatus [3]
  • Archipsocus minutillus [3]
  • Archipsocus mockfordi [3]
  • Archipsocus modestus [3]
  • Archipsocus newi (Badonnel)[3]
  • Archipsocus nomas (Gurney, 1939)[6]
  • Archipsocus panama (Gurney, 1939)[6]
  • Archipsocus pearmani [3]
  • Archipsocus tenebricosus [3]

References
  1. Three New Species of Archipsocus from Florida (Psocoptera: Archipsocidae)
  2. Encyclopedia of Life
  3. Brasil Checklist of Psocoptera
  4. Biolib
  5. Archipsocus dextor nov.spec.
  6. ZipcodeZoo Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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