Abstract
Nel et al. (2006) described Myopsocus arthuri from Dominican amber based on a single male specimen. We herein describe the female of this species, give a species diagnosis (missing in the original description) and recognize additional characters. Myopsocus arthuri represents the first and only described fossil in the family Myopsocidae.
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