Liposcelis decolor (Pearman, 1925)

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
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6100116
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D488796-FFC4-F32D-B4F9-FC0F903AFB3A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Liposcelis decolor (Pearman, 1925)
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Material examined. Malta, Buskett, 17. v.1974, 4 ♀, in soil sample, VM.

Notes. This species was previously reported from Malta by Lienhard (1990). It is a cosmopolitan species mostly associated with ground litter and tussocks of dead grasses, also found in birds’ nests, mammals’ nests, bat guano, and under bark. It is also often found in warehouses and dwellings, herbaria, insect collections and similar commodities ( Lienhard 1990, 1998).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Psocodea
Family	Liposcelididae
Genus	Liposcelis

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