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Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel 1931
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Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, 1931
Material examined. Malta, Buskett, 17. v.1974, 1 ♀, in soil sample, VM; Zejtun, 20. x.2014, 8 ♀, in private residence, DM.
Notes. This species was previously reported from Malta by Lienhard (1990). It is a cosmopolitan species with obligate thelytokous parthenogenesis and is the most common domestic species of Psocoptera, often being a serious pest in the food industry, households, herbaria, medical mycotheca and similar commodities (Lienhard 1990, 1998).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Liposcelididae
- Genus
- Liposcelis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Psocodea
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Badonnel
- Species
- bostrychophila
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, 1931 sec. Lienhard & Mifsud, 2015
References
- Lienhard, C. (1990) Revision of the Western Palaearctic species of Liposcelis Motschulsky (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae). Zoologische Jahrbucher (Abteilung Systematik), 117, 117 - 174.
- Lienhard, C. (1998) Psocopteres euro-mediterraneens. Faune de France, 83, xx + 517 pp.