Ectopsocus petersi Smithers

Smithers, C. N., 2007, Lord Howe Island Psocoptera (Insecta), Records of the Australian Museum 59 (1), pp. 9-26 : 17

Ectopsocus petersi Smithers

Ectopsocus punctatus Thornton & Wong, 1968 . Pacific Ins. Monogr.

19: 137 (?). Ectopsocus petersi Smithers, 1978 . Irish Nat. J. 19(5): 144. Ectopsocus australis Schmidt & Thornton, 1993 . Mem. Mus. Vict.

53(2)(1992): 162. Synonymy: Smithers, 2003. Ent. mon. Mag. 139: 5.

Material studied. 2!!, Malabar Hill, on path to Kims Lookout, narrow sclerophyll closed scrub, Dodonaea / Cassinia , Dodonaea viscosa , beating, 24.xi.2000, L. Wilkie, G. Carter. 1!, Stephens Reserve, New Settlement, megaphyllous broad sclerophyll forest, Howea spp., M.S. Moulds. 1?, Mt Gower summit, ridge between creeks 2 (middle) and 1 (most easterly), Hedyscepe canterburyana , Zygogynum howeanum , Cyptocarya gregsonii , leaf litter, 25.vi.2001, Ian Hutton. 1?, Stephens Reserve, New Settlement, megaphyllous broad sclerophyll forest, Howea spp., Drypetes deplanchei , beating, 13.xii.2000, R. Harris. 1?, 1!, corner Lagoon Rd. and Middle Bay Rd., 15–26.ii.2001, M.S. Moulds. 1!, Lagoon Beach, rubbish tip/airstrip, beating, Ochrosia elliptica , 27.xi.2000, M. Elliott and N. Plunkett-Cole. 1!, walking trail through Erskine Valley, closed rain forest, Cleistocalyx / Chionanthus , leaf litter, 2.xii.2000, LHIS. 1!, Lagoon Beach, between rubbish tip and airstrip, ex Ochrosia elliptica , beating, 27.xi.2000, M. Elliott, N. Plunkett-Cole. 1!, Little slope, 50 m, leaf litter, Howea forsteriana , 7.i.1979, T. Kingston. 1!, Transit Hill summit, Berlesate No 153, Pickard Veg DaCt, sieved litter, 18.xi.1979, G.B. Monteith. 3!!, North Bay, scrub, pyrethrum knockdown, 19.xi.1979, G.B. Monteith.

Distribution. Previously recorded from Lord Howe Island (as Ectopsocus punctatus Thornton and Wong ).Also recorded from Great Britain, Europe, North America (introduced?), Egypt, Australia, New Zealand. Common on dead leaves.