Bertkauia lucifuga (Rambur, 1842)

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 : 253

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.2.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B03C5872-9D58-4F18-B70C-86AA42AFFA92
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6100121
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D488796-FFC4-F32D-B4F9-F93396D3F8F2
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Bertkauia lucifuga (Rambur, 1842)
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Bertkauia lucifuga (Rambur, 1842) View in CoL

Material examined. Malta, Buskett, 17. v.1974, 16 nymphs, in soil sample, VM.

Notes. This species was previously reported from Malta by Lienhard (1998) under the name Epipsocus lucifugus . It is a parthenogenetic species confined to the western Palaearctic Region and is associated with forest leaf litter, sometimes under stones, on rotten wood and at the entrances of caves ( Lienhard 1998).