Neopsocopsis longiptera Vishnyakova, 1986

Liu, Lu-Xi, Yoshizawa, Kazunori, Li, Fa-Sheng & Liu, Zhi-Qi, 2012, A review of the genus Neopsocopsis (Psocodea, " Psocoptera ", Psocidae), with one new species from China, ZooKeys 203, pp. 27-46 : 35

Neopsocopsis longiptera Vishnyakova, 1986

Neopsocopsis longiptera Vishnyakova, 1986: 350.

Pentablaste tetraedrica Li, 2002: 1371, syn. n.

Material examined.

Pentablaste tetraedrica - Holotype ♂: China, Hebei Prov., Pingquan Co., Guangtoushan Reg., 2.vii.1986 (FS Li). Other material examined.China: 2♂3♀, same locality and collector, 2.vii.1986; Japan: 1♂1♀, Fukuoka Pref., Hisayama C., Yamada, 5.vi.1994 (K Yoshizawa).

Distribution.

China (Hebei: new distributional record); Russia; Japan.

Discussion.

Pentablaste tetraedrica was described based on 3 males and 3 females from China. The species is distinguished from other Chinese species based on the character of the hypandrium posteromedian lobe lacking apically horn-like processes (Li, 2002). Neopsocopsis longiptera was described based on the specimens from the Russian Far East and differed from Neopsocopsis hirticornis (Reuter, 1893) in having a macropterous female and a larger male IO/D (Vishnyakova, 1986). After reexamining the two specimens, we found the main characters of the wings and genitalia are nearly identical. Thus we consider Pentablaste tetraedrica to be a new synonym of Neopsocopsis longiptera .