New species of Psocoptera (Insecta) from East Africa

Dilian Georgiev

Dilian Georgiev https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2885-4895

23 August 2022 · volume 44 · (issue 7) · pp. 51–62 · PDF [full text]

Abstract: Four new Psocoptera species were described as new to science from the coastal area of East Africa: Echinopsocus keniensis n. sp., Cerobasis lienhardi n. sp., Lithoseopsis juliani n. sp. (Kenya), and Mepleres gurusamyi n. sp. (Zanzibar). One Nanopsocus species was found only in a nymph stage, and was supposed to be representative of an unknown species too.

Keywords: Africa, Insecta, coastal, new species, tropical

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