PSCOCOPTERA
(Insecta)

World Catalogue and Bibliography

Charles LIENHARD & Courtenay N. SMITHERS

Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève, 2002

The Catalogue (492 pp.) lists the 41 families, 371 genera, 4408 species of the insect order Psocoptera (psocids) described up to the end of the year 2000. The chronological discovery of species diversity is graphically analysed (figure), and in a synoptic table (15 pp.) the classification down to genus level is presented with numbers of known species per taxon for each main biogeographical region of the world. Contrary to most published catalogues the present one gives not only a complete list of taxonomic references for all species, but also cites almost all other known references pertaining to their geographical distribution, morphology, biology, ecology, etc. Several new names, synonymies, combinations, and status designations are proposed. All taxonomic names are listed in a complete index (81 pp.).
The Bibliography (172 pp.) contains the complete scientific literature (a total of about 3200 references) published on the Pscocoptera from 1688 up to the end of the year 2000, including also the papers on applied research concerning domestic and stored product psocids.
Critically compiled by two well known psocidologists, this publication is addressed to all entomologists interested in the taxonomy, biogeography, and bionomics or pest status of Psocoptera as well as to the scientific libraries with interest in biodiversity and systematics.

Intrumenta Biodiversitatis No 5
Ed. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Ville de Genève, June 2002, xli + 745 pp., hard cover
ISBN 2-88139-009-9
Price 180 Swiss francs + handling and postage

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