Insecta matsumurana. New series : journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University, series entomology.;New Series 78

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Oriental Psyllipsocus (Psocodea : 'Psocoptera' : Psyllipsocidae) : checklist, new records and description of four new species from Southeast Asia.

Lienhard, Charles;Yoshizawa, Kazunori;Idris, Abd Ghani

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Abstract

The widely distributed tropical species Psyllipsocus yucatan Gurney is recorded from several localities in Thailand. P. yongi New & Lee, previously only known from Peninsular Malaysia, is recorded from Thailand and its male is described for the first time. Four new species are described and illustrated: P. formosus Lienhard & Yoshizawa n. sp. (Peninsular Malaysia), P. sarawakensis Lienhard & Yoshizawa n. sp. (East Malaysia:Sarawak), P. siamensis Lienhard & Yoshizawa n. sp. (Thailand), P. hyalomarginatus Lienhard & Yoshizawa n. sp. (Thailand). A checklist of the 17 species of Psyllipsocus known from the Oriental Region is provided. The name of the Chinese species P. maculatus Li Fasheng, a junior homonym of the American P. maculatus Garcia Aldrete, is replaced by the new name P. apicosectus Lienhard & Yoshizawa n. nom.

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