UPDATE: If you would like to make an update to a particular checklist and the corresponding bibliography (new records and nomenclatural or taxonomic changes) you can search the Additions and Corrections to the World Catalogue published in Psocid News, No. 4, 5, 6 etc. and available online at the PsocoNet Homepage or the Synthesis of Parts 1-10 (pdf, 2.2M).

NOTE: Changes published in Psocid News under the heading "Corrections to Lienhard & Smithers, 2002" have already been integrated in the following checklists, but not the "Additions to the Catalogue". Only published distributional records are taken into consideration for these checklists; detailed bibliographical references to these records are listed in the "World Catalogue" for each species.

FOSSILS: See special list of Fossil Psocoptera (species only known from fossil records are not mentioned in the corresponding country list of the recent fauna).

RECENT FAUNA: See list of countries below and go to the species checklist you need. All countries mentioned in the World Catalogue are listed in the following.

COUNTRIES (and islands) mentioned in the World Catalogue of Psocoptera (Lienhard & Smithers, 2002).
Geographical regions defined for the World Catalogue
(See also further comments in Lienhard & Smithers, 2002: p. xxxiii)

• (0) Geographical distribution not known
• (I) Western Palaearctic (East to Ural Mts, including Africa North of Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula)
• (II) Atlantic Ocean (islands)
• (III) North America
• (IV) Central America (from Mexico to Panama, including the Antilles)
• (V) South America
• (VI) Africa (South of Sahara, including Madagascar)
• (VII) Indian Ocean (islands)
• (VIII) Asia (Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental, including New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago)
• (IX) Australia and New Zealand (including adjacent islands)
• (X) Pacific Ocean (islands)

(0): Geographical distribution not known:
Psocidae: Psocidus elegantulus (Banks)

(A) Fossils / (I) W-Palaearctic / (II) Atl. Ocean isl. / (III) N-America / (IV) Centr. America / (V) S-America / (VI) Africa / (VII) Ind. Ocean isl. / (VIII) Asia / (IX) Austral. & New Zeal. / (X) Pac. Ocean isl.

(I): Western Palaearctic (East to Ural Mts, including Africa North of Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula):

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(A) Fossils / (I) W-Palaearctic / (II) Atl. Ocean isl. / (III) N-America / (IV) Centr. America / (V) S-America / (VI) Africa / (VII) Ind. Ocean isl. / (VIII) Asia / (IX) Austral. & New Zeal. / (X) Pac. Ocean isl.

(II): Atlantic Ocean (islands)

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(A) Fossils / (I) W-Palaearctic / (II) Atl. Ocean isl. / (III) N-America / (IV) Centr. America / (V) S-America / (VI) Africa / (VII) Ind. Ocean isl. / (VIII) Asia / (IX) Austral. & New Zeal. / (X) Pac. Ocean isl.

(III): North America

• Bahamas
• Canada
• USA

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(A) Fossils / (I) W-Palaearctic / (II) Atl. Ocean isl. / (III) N-America / (IV) Centr. America / (V) S-America / (VI) Africa / (VII) Ind. Ocean isl. / (VIII) Asia / (IX)Austral. & New Zeal. / (X) Pac. Ocean isl.

(IV): Central America (from Mexico to Panama, including the Antilles)

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(A) Fossils / (I) W-Palaearctic / (II) Atl. Ocean isl. / (III) N-America / (IV) Centr. America / (V) S-America / (VI) Africa / (VII) Ind. Ocean isl. / (VIII) Asia / (IX) Austral. & New Zeal. / (X) Pac. Ocean isl.

(V): South America

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(A) Fossils / (I) W-Palaearctic / (II) Atl. Ocean isl. / (III) N-America / (IV) Centr. America / (V) S-America / (VI) Africa / (VII) Ind. Ocean isl. / (VIII) Asia / (IX) Austral. & New Zeal. / (X) Pac. Ocean isl.

(VI): Africa (South of Sahara, including Madagascar)

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(A) Fossils / (I) W-Palaearctic / (II) Atl. Ocean isl. / (III) N-America / (IV) Centr. America / (V) S-America / (VI) Africa / (VII) Ind. Ocean isl. / (VIII) Asia / (IX) Austral. & New Zeal. / (X) Pac. Ocean isl.

(VII): Indian Ocean (islands)

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(A) Fossils / (I) W-Palaearctic / (II) Atl. Ocean isl. / (III) N-America / (IV) Centr. America / (V) S-America / (VI) Africa / (VII) Ind. Ocean isl. / (VIII) Asia / (IX) Austral. & New Zeal. / (X) Pac. Ocean isl.

(VIII): Asia (Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental, including New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago)

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(IX): Australia and New Zealand (including adjacent islands)

• Australia (including Tasmania, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Philip Island)
• New Zealand (including Kermadec Islands)
• Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand

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(X): Pacific Ocean (islands)

Psocoptera: World Catalogue and Bibliography / Classification / Subject bibliography / Worldwide country checklists of species

Charles Lienhard
January 2004

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