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Psocoptera checklists
  • (A) Fossils (essentially from Amber and Copal)
  • (I) Western Palaearctic
  • (II) Atlantic Ocean (islands)
  • (III) North America
  • (IV) Central America
  • (V) South America
  • (VI) Africa
  • (VII) Indian Ocean (islands)
  • (VIII) Asia (Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental)
  • (IX) Australia and New Zealand
  • (X) Pacific Ocean (islands)

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Checklist of Psocoptera according to the World Catalogue (Lienhard & Smithers, 2002)

If you would like to make an update to this 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.

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

Lepidopsocidae
Lepium luridum Enderlein
Nepticulomima chalcomelas Enderlein
Nepticulomima essigkeana Enderlein
Nepticulomima sakuntala Enderlein
Perientomum acutipenne Enderlein
Perientomum argentatum Enderlein
Perientomum ceylonicum Enderlein
Perientomum chrysargyrium Enderlein
Perientomum greeni Enderlein
Perientomum gregarium (Hagen)
Perientomum morosum Hagen
Perientomum trichopteryx (Hagen)
Perientomum triste Hagen
Proentomum personatum Badonnel
Soa flaviterminata Enderlein
Echmepteryx mihira Enderlein
Echmepteryx sericea Enderlein
Scolopama halterata Enderlein
Lepolepis ceylonica Enderlein

Amphientomidae
Tineomorpha greeniana Enderlein
Paramphientomum nietneri Enderlein
Seopsis metallops Enderlein
Seopsis superba (Hagen)
Seopsis vasantasena Enderlein
Syllysis caudata (Hagen)
Syllysis erato Enderlein
Syllysis ritusamhara Enderlein

Liposcelididae
Embidopsocus oleaginus (Hagen)

Epipsocidae
Epipsocopsis delicata (Hagen)
Epipsocopsis greeni New
Epipsocopsis hakgalensis (New)
Epipsocopsis peradenayensis New
Epipsocopsis taprobanensis (New)

Caeciliusidae
[Caecilius spec.]
Dypsocus coleoptratus (Hagen)
Isophanes palliatus (Hagen)
Coryphosmila dolabrata (Hagen)
Valenzuela aridus (Hagen)
Valenzuela maculistigma (Enderlein)
Enderleinella ceylonica (Enderlein)

Stenopsocidae
Stenopsocus apertus (Hagen)
Stenopsocus uniformis (Hagen)

Amphipsocidae
Taeniostigma elongatum (Hagen)

Ectopsocidae
Ectopsocus aethiops (Hagen)
Ectopsocus piger (Hagen)

Peripsocidae
Peripsocus pauliani Badonnel

Calopsocidae
Calopsocus infelix (Hagen)

Archipsocidae
Archipsocopsis biguttata (Pearman)
Archipsocopsis fernandi (Pearman)

Pseudocaeciliidae
Allopsocus medialis New
Heterocaecilius ornatus (Enderlein)
Mesocaecilius pictipennis (McLachlan)
Ophiodopelma hieroglyphicum (Enderlein)
Ophiodopelma multipunctatum (Hagen)
Pseudocaecilius cribrarius (Hagen)
Pseudocaecilius lanatus (Hagen)
Pseudocaecilius molestus (Hagen)
Pseudocaecilius paraornatus New
Pseudocaecilius zonatus (Hagen)

Philotarsidae
Haplophallus orientalis Thornton
Aaroniella maligawa Thornton

Elipsocidae
Elipsocus boops (Hagen)
Elipsocus impressus (Hagen)
Nepiomorpha crucifera Pearman

Hemipsocidae
Hemipsocus chloroticus (Hagen)
Hemipsocus roseus (Hagen)

Psocidae
Blaste obtusa (Hagen)
Psococerastis taprobanes (Hagen)
Atrichadenotecnum quinquepunctatum (McLachlan)
Copostigma trimaculatum (Hagen)
Psocidus consitus (Hagen)
Psocidus oblitus (Hagen)
Trichadenotecnum circulare (Hagen)

Myopsocidae
Myopsocus unduosus (Hagen)

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

Charles Lienhard
January 2004

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