Clinopsocus New, 1972 : 31

Mockford, Edward L., 2018, A new species of the Australian genus Clinopsocus New from coastal California (Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’: Elipsocidae), Zootaxa 4402 (1), pp. 195-200 : 195

Genus Clinopsocus New, 1972: 31 .

Definition (for apterous forms). Assigned to family Elipsocidae , subfamily Elipsocinae (sensu Schmidt & New [2004]). Ocelli absent. Antennae 13-segmented; distribution of placoid sensilla: one or more on f1, f4, f6, f10; the latter (f10) with longer filament; terminal end of f 11 variable—slender or with slight knob. Distal inner labral sensilla 11; outer sensilla 4. Clypeal shelf moderate (in the new species, Fig. 2 ) or broad; lacinial tip with outer cusp slightly lobed, longer than median cusp. Tarsi 2-segmented; claw with subapical denticle; pulvillus slender throughout. Pearman’s organ absent. Body setae blunt-ended. Subgenital plate with distal median lobe undivided, bearing several strong setae. Gonapophyses with long, slender termination of v2 and v3. Telson lobes variable, but epiproct with two slender setae on hind margin.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Clinopsocus nigrescens n. sp. Female (1) Habitus, dorsal view; (2) cleared head showing ecdysial lines (dotted) and lower margin of clypeal shelf (dashed lines); (3) terminal three segments of antennal flagellum showing placoid sensilla of segments 9 and 10, and terminal knob of segment 11; (4) Distal inner labral sensilla; (5 and 6) paired lacinial tips of two specimens showing difference in size and terminal structure (scale of Fig. 3). Scale bars = 0.1mm unless designated otherwise.