Pentacladus eucalypti Enderlein

Schmidt, Evan R. & New, Timothy R., 2008, The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tasmania, Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65, pp. 71-152 : 132

Pentacladus eucalypti Enderlein

Pentacladus eucalypti Enderlein, 1906: 408 .! Pentacladus eucalypti . --- Cole et al., 1989: 34.

Material examined. Many individuals collected throughout the year.

Distribution. Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and New Zealand.

Remarks. P. eucalypti was found from September to May, but dead Eucalyptus foliage was not sampled from June to August. The species has been collected previously in May, June, August and September ( Edwards, 1950) in Tasmania, and therefore appears to be present all year. It is locally widespread and known from both dry and wet forests. Closer examination of the Flinders I (Bass Strait) material of this species reveals marked differences in the shape of the apex of the aedeagal arch of the phallosome. The size, coloration and details of female genitalia are similar to those of P. eucalypti . The material represents a new undescribed species of Pentacladus .