Dicopus Enock 1909

DICOPUS Enock, 1909 (Figs 114–118) Dicopus Enock, 1909: 455. Type species: Dicopus minutissimus Enock, 1909, by monotypy. See Huber et al. (2020) for generic synonyms and their type species. Diagnosis. Face with toruli about their own height from transverse trabecula (Fig. 114a); vertex separated from occiput by a medially divided vertexal trabecula (Fig. 114b); mandibles when closed pointing ventrally, not overlapping medially (Fig. 114a), each with one short and one long tooth; funicle 7-segmented with fu 2 about equal to fu 1 or fu 3 (Fig. 115); fore wing extremely narrow, the posterior margin concave, with narrowest point about one venation length distal to venation, then distinctly widening to apex (Fig. 116); hind wing narrow for about 4 venation lengths beyond hamuli then becoming uniformly wider to apex (Fig. 116); metasoma with genitalia short, in about apical third. Remarks. Dicopus belongs to the Alaptus group of genera. It is most similar to Dicopomorpha in having the funicle clearly 7-segmented, but the fore wing of Dicopus is narrower and the head shape and mandibles have one short and one long tooth and do not cross medially. Male flagellum 10-segmented. Neotropical hosts. Psocodea. Important reference. Huber et al. (2020).