Note morfologiche sullo Psocottero sinantropico Psoquilla marginepunctata Hagen (primo ritrovamento di Psoquillidae in Italia)
Specimens of Psoquilla marginepunctata Hagen, 1865 (Psocoptera: Psoquillidae) were found in December 1994 in the railway station of Fidenza (province of Parma, Italy) on pallets bearing castor-oil plant seeds imported from Brazil. P. marginepunctata is a circumtropical species introduced into some temperate lands; in the Tropics it occurs primarily outdoors; in temperate countries in houses, warehouses and greenhouses. Taxonomical notes and drawings of the mouthparts, wings of the brachypterous form and terminalia of both sexes of this species are provided.
Institutions
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Riviste UNIMI (Università degli studi di Milano)
- Published
- 2024-11-18
- Primary Topic
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Type
- article
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