Nimbopsocus australis (Brauer)

Smithers, C. N., 2007, Lord Howe Island Psocoptera (Insecta), Records of the Australian Museum 59 (1), pp. 9-26 : 24-25

Nimbopsocus australis (Brauer)

Psocus australis Brauer, 1865 . Ver. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 15: 908.

Psocus griseipennis McLachlan, 1866 . Trans. ent . Soc. Lond. (3rd Series) 5: 348.

Myopsocus griseipennis (McLachlan) . McLachlan, 1866. Trans. ent . Soc. Lond. (3rd Series) 5: 352.

Myopsocus australis (Brauer) . Kolbe, 1883a. Ent. Nachr. 9: 145.

Myopsocus novaezealandiae Kolbe, 1883a . Ent. Nachr. 9:: 145.

Psocus zealandicus Hudson, 1892 . Manual of N.Z. Entomology. London. p. 107.

Phlotodes griseipennis (McLachlan) . Enderlein, 1910. Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berlin 1910 (2): 67.

[ Not Myopsocus australis (Brauer) . Tillyard, 1923. Trans. N. Z. Inst. 54: 187] .

[Not Myopsocus australis (Brauer) . Hickman, 1934. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 1933: 85].

[Not Myopsocus griseipennis (McLachlan) . Edwards, 1950. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm (1949): 122.: 104].

Phlotodes australis (Brauer) . Smithers & Thornton, 1974b. Trans. R. ent . Soc. Lond. 126: 125.

Phlotodes novaezealandiae (Kolbe) . Smithers & Thornton, 1974b: 125.

Nimbopsocus australis (Brauer) . Smithers, 2004. Thorntoniana, Pub. Espec. UNAM. 20: 159.

Material studied. 1!, Stevens Reserve, nr. Signal Point, yellow pan trap, 8–12.xii.1988, D.C.F. Rentz. Specimen in Australian National Insect Collection.

Distribution. First record for Lord Howe Island. Previously known from Australia, Tasmania, Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Kermadecs,? India. The presence of this species in India requires confirmation. Found mainly on bark, cut timber and paling fences carrying algal and fungal growth.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. I would like to thank Professor E.L. Mockford for helpful discussion of the spermathecal structures of Lepolepis species and on the family placing of Trogium nigrum , those responsible for collecting and sorting the many specimens, Elizabeth Jefferys for pointing out discrepancies in botanical nomenclature, Lance Wilkie for providing electronically handled collection data and Gerry Cassis for making the Lord Howe Island collections available for study.