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Ectopsocus strauchi Enderlein 1906

Description

Ectopsocus strauchi Enderlein, 1906

Material examined. Malta, Għadira beach, 15. vi.1999, 1 ♀, BM; Buskett, 27. x.2014, 1 ♂, under bark of Pinus halepensis, DM; Fomm ir-Riħ, 29. x.2014, 1 ♀, beating vegetation, DM; Verdala Palace, 25.vi.–10. vii.2014, 2 ♂, Malaise trap, DM; same data but 11.vii.–1. viii.2014, 4 ♂ and 4 ♀; 1–15. viii.2014, 3 ♂; 15–30. viii.2014, 2 ♂ and 5 ♀; and 1-30. ix.2014, 23 ♂ and 9 ♀.

Notes. A new record for the Maltese Islands. It is a South-Atlantic species, particularly common on the Macaronesian archipelagos, found in association with numerous trees and shrubs, especially on dead branches and leaves still attached to the living plant (Lienhard 1998).

Notes

Published as part of Lienhard, Charles & Mifsud, David, 2015, Psocids from Malta (Insecta: Psocodea: ' Psocoptera'), with new synonymy for Peripsocus stagnivagus based on the discovery of its first Palaearctic male, pp. 251-260 in Zootaxa 3936 (2) on page 255, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/237273

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ectopsocidae
Genus
Ectopsocus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Psocodea
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Enderlein
Species
strauchi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ectopsocus strauchi Enderlein, 1906 sec. Lienhard & Mifsud, 2015

References

  • Lienhard, C. (1998) Psocopteres euro-mediterraneens. Faune de France, 83, xx + 517 pp.