Three new species of 𝐿𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎 in the group andra, from Mexico, Guatemala and Peru (Psocodea:’Psocoptera’: Lachesillidae)

Authors

  • Alfonso N. GarcĂ­a Aldrete 1Departamento de ZoologĂ­a, Instituto de BiologĂ­a, Universidad Nacional AutĂłnoma de MĂ©xico
  • Edward L. Mockford School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v17i2.3962

Keywords:

Taxonomy, Nearctic, Neotropics, subgroups of andra species group

Abstract

Three species of Lachesilla in the andra group are herein described and illustrated. One of them is known from Mexico and Guatemala, a second one is endemic to Peru, and the third one is endemic to Mexico. They are assigned in two of the subgroups, I and III, established by Mockford & García Aldrete for the group andra. The types are deposited in the National Insect Collection (CNIN), Instituto deBiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City.

References

GarcĂ­a Aldrete, A. N. 1974. A classification above species level of the genus Lachesilla Westwood (Psocoptera:Lachesillidae). Folia EntomolĂłgica Mexicana 27: 1-88.

Li Fasheng. 2002. Psocoptera of China. Science Press,Beijing, xlvi + 1976 pp, plates I-X (In Chinese with English appendix).

Mockford, E. L. & A. N. GarcĂ­a Aldrete. 2010. A new species of Lachesilla Westwood (Psocoptera: Lachesillidae) in the andra group with a proposed classification of the andra group. Zootaxa 2335: 49-58.

Published

2015-09-23

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