Ectopsocus sp.

Schmidt, Evan R. & New, Timothy R., 2008, The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tasmania, Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65, pp. 71-152 : 114

Ectopsocus sp.

Figures 142–46

Material examined. The (Queens) Domain, Hobart, from loose bark on eucalypts, 1, 17–18 Apr 1968 ( V. V. Hickman) .

Remarks. This single individual apparently represents a new species. However, while slide material is available, the rest of the insect, in alcohol, has been misplaced. The fore wing (fig. 142), hind wing (fig. 143), epiproct and paraproct (fig. 144), subgenital plate (fig. 145) and gonapophyses (fig. 146) with spermathecal sac are shown for future reference. Dimensions have also been included.The fore wing (fig. 142) has a brownish tinge on the membrane, and the hind leg is dark brown. The antennae are brown, the flagellar segments bearing setae of differing lengths. Placoid sensilla are distributed as follows: 2 in middle of f 1, 1 at apices of f 4, f 6 and f 10; those on f 6 and f 10 bearing a long slender filament. The apex of the terminal segment is narrowed and bluntly rounded. The posterior margin of the paraproct (fig. 144) bears a single spine, unlike the duplex unequal spines found in E. hickmani and E. petersi . The subgenital plate (fig. 145) apical lobes also differ from those of E. hickmani and E. petersi . The gonapophyses (fig. 146) bear a general resemblance to those of E. petersi . The spermathecal sac is similar in size to that of E. hickmani , which is smaller than that of E. petersi .

Dimensions. B 1.9, FW 1.50, HW 1.21, F 0.33, T 0.53, t 1 0.150, t

2

0.079, rt 1.9:1, ct O,O, f

1

0.197, f

2

0.107.

Peripsocidae

Figures

Figures 142-146. Ectopsocus sp. Female: 142, fore wing; 143, hind wing; 144, epiproct and paraprocts; 145, subgenital plate; 146, gonapophyses. Figures 142, 143 and 144 and 146 to common scales.