Novopsocus
| Novopsocus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Psocodea |
| Family: | Pseudocaeciliidae |
| Subfamily: | Zelandopsocinae |
| Genus: | Novopsocus Thornton, 1984 |
| Species | |
Novopsocus is a genus in the Pseudocaeciliidae family, with, until 2008, one described species endemic to New Guinea (described by Thornton.[1] It was later found that the specimens of two different species (one of which undescribed) had been mixed, and an individual of a third species was found.[2] The genus is characterised by a flat head with a sharp vertex, narrow, strap-like wings, and antennae with a broad, flattened first flagellar segment in the males of two species.
References
[edit]- ^ Thornton, I. W. B. 1984. An unusual psocopteran from new Guinea and its relationships within the Philotarsidae. International journal of entomology. 26: 378-385.
- ^ a b Cuénoud, P. 2008. A revision of the New Guinean genus Novopsocus Thornton (Psocoptera, Pseudocaeciliidae) with the description of two new species. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 115 : 331-340.
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