Ectopsocus briggsi McLachlan, 1899

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, Zootaxa 3936 (2), pp. 251-260 : 255

Ectopsocus briggsi McLachlan, 1899

Material examined. Malta, Buskett, 2 km S of Rabat, 15. vii.1997, 2 ♀, DB; Buskett, 14. vi.1999, 1 ♂, BM; Verdala Palace, 12–24. vi.2014, 2 ♂ and 5 ♀, Malaise trap, DM; same data but 25.vi.–10. vii.2014, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀; and 11.vii.–1. viii.2014, 1 ♂ and 1 ♀.

Notes. A new record for the Maltese Islands. This is an almost cosmopolitan species associated with numerous trees and shrubs, especially on dead leaves still attached to the living plant. It is sometimes also found in human habitation or on cultivated plants ( Lienhard 1998).