Howeanum costale (Thornton & New, 1977)

Schmidt, Evan R. & New, Timothy R., 2008, The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tasmania, Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65, pp. 71-152 : 124

Howeanum costale (Thornton and New)

Austropsocus costalis Thornton and New, 1977: 36 . Howeanum costale . --- Schmidt and Smithers, 2004: 14.

Material examined. Site 57, 1, 18 Feb 88; site 60, 1, 18 Feb 88; site 164B, 1, 19 Apr 87; site 207, 1, 20 May 87; site 246, 1, 1, 2 nymphs, 24 Aug 86; 15, 2, 25 Oct 86; 5, 2, 4 nymphs, 24 Jan 87; 16, 3, 1 Mar 87; 1, 30 July 87; 3, 2, 3 Mar 88; site 251, 1, 24 Jan 87; site 252B, 8, 1, 1 nymph, 24 Jan 87; 1, 1 Mar 87; 1, 4 nymphs, 30 July 87; site 253, 1, 23 Oct 86; site 255, 1, 1 nymph, 27 June 87; site 353, 2, 1, 21 Mar 88.

Distribution. Tasmania, Bass Strait Is, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

Remarks. This species was mainly found in coastal scrub (dry and wet) and in the heath understorey of Eucalyptus and Banksia serrata .