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Type: Articles
Published: 2005-11-07
Page range: 51-60
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Three new monotypic genera of Epipsocidae (Psocoptera)  from Peru and Brazil

Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510 México, D. F. México
Psocoptera Epipsocidae Epipsocetae Brazil Peru new genera

Abstract

Three new species of Epipsocidae are described, each in a new monotypic genus: Incapsocus penai and Terryerwinia acutiphallica from Peru, and Papillopsocus oriximinaensis from Brazil. Relationships within the Epipsocidae are discussed.

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