Psocomesites spinosus (New & Thornton)

Neto, Alberto Moreira da Silva, Aldrete, Alfonso Neri García & Rafael, José Albertino, 2019, Catalogue of Psocoptera (Insecta: Psocodea) types housed in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 59, pp. 1-11 : 7

Psocomesites spinosus (New & Thornton)

Psocus spinosus New & Thornton, 1975: 68 , figs. 145-151. Psocomesites spinosus (New & Thornton) ; Badonnel,

1986: 213.

Paratypes: three males and one specimen without sex identified. Ecuador: mts N.W. of Quito, 3,350 m., beating, 16.II.1967, (I.W.B.T[hornton]).

Condition of the three male paratypes: male 1, specimen not dissected, extremely resected, stored in a separate micro eppendorf with ethanol (№ 521); male 2, specimen not dissected, extremely resected, stored in a separate micro eppendorf with ethanol (№ 522); male 3, specimen not dissected, stored in a separate micro eppendorf with ethanol(№ 522).All three micro eppendorfs stocked in a glass bottle with ethanol ( MZSP 000218 ) .

Condition of paratype without sex identified: specimen without wings, legs, antennae and abdomen, stored in a separate micro eppendorf with ethanol (№ 521A) inside the same glass bottle mentioned above (MZSP 000218).

Comments: In the original paper the authors chose 4 male specimens and 1 female specimen as paratypes.For this reason it is not possible to deduce the sex of the specimen without abdomen mentioned above. Probably the paratype specimen without sex identified was mounted on a slide, not found. There was a label stating that the ethanol in the glass bottle (mentioned above) had completely evaporated and was replaced in 02.IX.1999.