Liposcelis

Liposcelis bostrychophila, photographed by Alby Oakshott.

Belongs within: Nanopsocetae.

Liposcelis, the booklice, is a cosmopolitan genus of minute flattened, wingless insects with a number of species being widely synanthropic. The genus has been divided into a number of sections and groups on the basis of diagnostic features though the evolutionary significance of these groups remains undetermined. Members of section II possess a clearer band of integument across the rear of the third and fourth abdominal tergites, giving the abdomen a banded appearance, and may possess bristles on the posterior half of the prosternum, whereas members of section I lack such abdominal bands and only have bristles on the anterior of the prosternum (Mockford 1993).

<==Liposcelis Motschulsky 1852 YL10
    |--Section I L98
    |    |--Group A L98
    |    |    |  i. s.: L. albothoracica Broadhead 1955 [=L. albothoracicus] L98
    |    |    |         L. antennatoides Li & Li 1995 L02
    |    |    |         L. badia Wang, Wang & Lienhard 2006 WWL06
    |    |    |         L. canariensis Lienhard 1996 L98
    |    |    |         L. cibaritica Li & Li in Li 2002 WWL06, L02
    |    |    |         L. jilinica Li & Li in Li 2002 WWL06, L02
    |    |    |         L. laoshanensis Li & Li 2002 WWL06, YL10
    |    |    |         L. naturalis Li & Li 2002 WWL06, YL10 [=L. natiuralis L03]
    |    |    |         L. nigritibia Li & Li 1995 L02
    |    |    |         L. palatina Roesler 1954 [=L. palatinus] YL10
    |    |    |         L. rufiornata Li & Li 1995 L02
    |    |    |         L. sinica Li & Li 1995 L02
    |    |    |         L. yunnaniensis Li & Li 1995 L02
    |    |    |--Group I-Aa M93
    |    |    |    |--*L. brunnea Motschulsky 1852 [=L. brunneus; incl. L. liparus Broadhead 1947] L02
    |    |    |    |--L. liparoides Badonnel 1962 M93, YL10
    |    |    |    `--L. setosa Badonnel 1963 M93, YL10
    |    |    |--Group I-Ab MK08
    |    |    |    |--L. castrii Badonnel 1963 B86, YL10
    |    |    |    |--L. dentata Badonnel 1986 B86, YL10
    |    |    |    |--L. entomophila (Enderlein 1907) M93 (see below for synonymy)
    |    |    |    |--L. fusciceps Badonnel 1968 M93
    |    |    |    |--L. hirsuta Badonnel 1948 M93, YL10 [=L. hirsutus B50]
    |    |    |    |--L. hirsutoides Mockford 1978 M93
    |    |    |    |--L. marginepunctata Badonnel 1969 M93, YL10
    |    |    |    |--L. ornata Mockford 1978 [=L. ornatus] M93
    |    |    |    |--L. pallens Badonnel 1968 M93
    |    |    |    |--L. pallida Mockford 1978 MK08 [=L. pallidus M93]
    |    |    |    |--L. villosa Mockford 1971 MK08 [=L. villosus M93]
    |    |    |    `--+--L. deltachi Sommerman 1957 MK08
    |    |    |       |--L. nasus Sommerman 1957 MK08
    |    |    |       |--L. maunakea Mockford & Krushelnycky 2008 MK08
    |    |    |       `--L. volcanorum Mockford & Krushelnycky 2008 MK08
    |    |    `--Group I-Ac B86
    |    |         |--L. alticollis Badonnel 1986 B86
    |    |         |    |--L. a. alticollis B86
    |    |         |    `--L. a. cumbalensis Badonnel 1986 B86
    |    |         |--L. chilensis Badonnel 1963 B86, YL10
    |    |         `--L. mimula Badonnel 1986 B86, YL10
    |    `--Group B L98
    |         |--L. bicolor (Banks 1900) [=Troctes bicolor] M93
    |         |--L. bouilloni Badonnel 1974 L02
    |         |--L. decolor (Pearman 1925) (see below for synonymy) L02
    |         |--L. keleri Günther 1974 [incl. L. sculptilis Lienhard 1977] L98
    |         |--L. kyrosensis Badonnel 1971 L98
    |         |--L. lacinia Sommerman 1957 M93
    |         |--L. maculata Lienhard 1996 L98
    |         |--L. meridionalis (von Rosen 1911) (see below for synonymy) L98
    |         |--L. myrmecophila Broadhead 1950 [=L. myrmecophilus] L98
    |         |--L. nigra (Banks 1900) [=Troctes niger; incl. L. knullei Broadhead 1971] M93
    |         |--L. orghidani Badonnel 1973 [incl. L. orghidani atratus Badonnel 1973] L98
    |         |--L. pearmani Lienhard 1990 YL10
    |         |--L. picta Ball 1940 [=L. pictus] L98
    |         |--L. priesneri Enderlein 1925 [incl. L. montanum Badonnel 1971] L98
    |         |--L. pulchra Lienhard 1980 [=L. pulcher] L98
    |         |--L. purpurea (Aaron 1883) (n. d.) M93, YL10 [=Atropos purpurea M93, Troctes purpurea B50]
    |         |--L. rufa Broadhead 1950 [=L. rufus] MK08
    |         |--L. silvarum (Kolbe 1888) [=Troctes silvarum] M93
    |         |--L. triocellata Mockford 1971 [=L. triocellatus] M93
    |         `--L. uxoris Lienhard 1980 L98
    `--Section II L98
         |--Group C L98
         |    |--L. australis Smithers 1996 S96
         |    |--L. ayosae Lienhard 1996 MK08
         |    |--L. barrai Badonnel 1969 MK08
         |    |--L. bicoloripes Badonnel 1955 S96, B55
         |    |--L. bogotana Badonnel 1986 MK08
         |    |--L. elegantis Li & Li 1995 L02
         |    |--L. exigua Badonnel 1931 MK08 [=L. exiguus B50]
         |    |    |--L. e. exigua B86
         |    |    `--L. e. oligops B86
         |    |--L. fallax Badonnel 1986 B86
         |    |--L. formicaria (Hagen 1865) [=Atropos formicaria, L. formicarius, Troctes formicarius] M93
         |    |--L. kipukae Mockford & Krushelnycky 2008 MK08
         |    |--L. lenkoi Badonnel 1968 S96, YL10
         |    |--L. lunai Badonnel 1969 S96, YL10
         |    |--L. mendax Pearman 1946 L02
         |    |--L. mira Badonnel 1986 MK08
         |    |--L. montamargensis Badonnel 1967 S96, YL10
         |    |--L. obscura Broadhead 1954 MK08
         |    |--L. pacifica Badonnel 1986 MK08
         |    |--L. paetula Broadhead 1950 MK08 [=L. paetulus B50]
         |    |--L. parvula Badonnel 1963 MK08
         |    |--L. pauliani Badonnel 1967 S96, YL10
         |    |--L. pubescens Broadhead 1947 S96, YL10
         |    |--L. romeralensis Badonnel 1967 MK08
         |    |--L. tamminensis Smithers 1996 S96
         |    `--L. tetrops Badonnel 1986 MK08
         `--Group D L98
              |--L. aconae Badonnel 1974 L98
              |--L. arenicola Günther 1974 [=L. arenicolus] L98
              |--L. bostrychophila Badonnel 1931 MK08 (see below for synonymy)
              |--L. capitisecta Wang, Wang & Lienhard 2006 WWL06
              |--L. compacta Lienhard 1990 L98
              |--L. corrodens (Heymons 1909) [=Troctes corrodens; incl. L. subfuscus Broadhead 1947] M93
              |--L. edaphica Lienhard 1990 L98
              |--L. flavida Badonnel 1969 M74, YL10
              |--L. nuptialis Badonnel 1972 M93, YL10
              |--L. paeta Pearman 1942 [=L. paetus] L02
              |--L. prenolepidis (Enderlein 1909) [=Troctes prenolepidis] M93
              |--L. rugosa Badonnel 1945 [=L. rugosus] L98
              |--L. sculptilimacula Li & Li 1995 WWL06, L02 (see below for synonymy)
              |--L. semicaeca Lienhard 1990 L98
              |--L. tricolor Badonnel 1973 L98
              `--L. yangi Li & Li 1998 L02

Liposcelis incertae sedis:
  L. abdominalis Badonnel 1962 YL10
  L. ambigua Badonnel 1972 YL10
  L. angolensis Badonnel 1955 YL10
    |--L. a. angolensis B55
    `--L. a. areolatus Badonnel 1955 B55
  L. annulata Badonnel 1955 YL10
  L. anomala Badonnel 1955 YL10
  L. atavus Enderlein 1911 YL10
  L. bengalensis Badonnel 1981 YL10
  L. borbonensis Badonnel 1977 YL10
  L. broadheadi Badonnel 1969 YL10
  L. delamarei Badonnel 1962 YL10
  L. desertica Badonnel 1955 YL10
  L. dichromis Badonnel 1967 YL10
  L. discalis Badonnel 1962 YL10
  L. distincta Badonnel 1955 YL10
  L. divinatoria (Müller 1776) (n. d.) MK08 (see below for synonymy)
  L. fasciata (Enderlein 1908) YL10 [=Troctes fasciatus B50]
  L. globiceps Badonnel 1967 YL10
  L. guentheri Badonnel 1982 YL10
  L. kidderi (Hagen 1883) YL10 [=Atropos divinatoria var. kidderi L02, Troctes kidderi L02]
  L. laparvensis Badonnel 1967 YL10
  L. machadoi Badonnel 1969 YL10
  L. maracayensis Mockford 1996 YL10
  L. minuta Badonnel 1974 YL10
  L. nigrocincta Badonnel 1962 YL10
  L. nigrofasciata Badonnel 1963 YL10
  L. perforata Badonnel 1955 YL10
  L. plesiopuber Broadhead & Richards 1982 YL10
  L. puber Badonnel 1955 YL10
  L. resinata (Hagen 1865) YL10 [=L. resinatus B50]
  L. reticulata Badonnel 1962 YL10
  L. similis Badonnel 1972 YL10
  L. transvaalensis (Enderlein 1909) YL10 [=Troctes transvaalensis B50]
  L. varians Badonnel 1955 B55

Nomen nudum: Liposcelis muscorum Motschulsky 1853 B50

Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel 1931 MK08 [=L. bostrychophilus MK08; incl. L. divergens Badonnel 1943 L02, L. granicola Broadhead & Hobby 1944 L02, L. bostrichophilus granulosus Badonnel 1962 G74]

Liposcelis decolor (Pearman 1925) [=Troctes bicolor var. decolor; incl. L. luridus Broadhead 1947, L. macedonicus Günther 1980, L. terricolis monnictae Badonnel 1971, L. silvarum palpalis Badonnel 1971, L. simulans Broadhead 1950, L. terricolis Badonnel 1945] L02

Liposcelis divinatoria (Müller 1776) (n. d.) MK08 [=Termes divinatorium G74, L. divinatorium NL07, L. divinatorius MK08]

Liposcelis entomophila (Enderlein 1907) M93 [=Troctes entomophilus L02, L. entomophilus L02; incl. L. bakeri Pearman 1928 L02, L. virgulatus Pearman 1929 L02]

Liposcelis meridionalis (von Rosen 1911) [=Troctes meridionalis; incl. T. gallicus Pearman 1951, Liposcelis gallicus] L98

Liposcelis sculptilimacula Li & Li 1995 L03, L02 [=L. sculptilis (l. c.) non Lienhard 1977 L03, L. sculptimacula (l. c.) L03]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B55] Badonnel, A. 1955. Psocoptères de l'Angola. Diamang Publicações Culturais 26: 11–267.

[B86] Badonnel, A. 1986. Psocoptères de Colombie (Insecta, Psocoptera). Spixiana 9 (2): 179–223.

[B50] Broadhead, E. 1950. A revision of the genus Liposcelis Motschulsky with notes on the position of this genus in the order Corrodentia and on the variability of ten Liposcelis species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 101 (10): 335–388, pls 1–3.

[G74] Günther, K. K. 1974. Staubläuse, Psocoptera. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 61: 1–315.

[L02] Li F. 2002. Psocoptera of China vol. 1. Science Press: Beijing.

[L98] Lienhard, C. 1998. Faune de France. France et Régions Limitrophes. 83. Psocoptères Euro-Méditerranéens. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles: Paris.

[L03] Lienhard, C. 2003. Nomenclatural amendments concerning Chinese Psocoptera (Insecta), with remarks on species richness. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 110 (4): 695–721.

[M74] Mockford, E. L. 1974. Records and descriptions of Cuban Psocoptera. Entomologica Americana 48 (2): 103–215.

[M93] Mockford, E. L. 1993. North American Psocoptera (Insecta). Sandhill Crane Press, Inc.

[MK08] Mockford, E. L., & P. D. Krushelnycky. 2008. New species and records of Liposcelis Motschulsky (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) from Hawaii with first description of the male of Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel. Zootaxa 1766: 53–68.

[NL07] New, T. R., & C. Lienhard. 2007. The Psocoptera of Tropical South-east Asia. Brill: Leiden.

[S96] Smithers, C. N. 1996. Psocoptera from the Western Australian wheatbelt. Gen. Appl. Ent. 27: 13–18.

[WWL06] Wang Z.-Y., Wang J.-J. & C. Lienhard. 2006. Two new species of Liposcelis (Psocoptera, Liposcelididae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31 (3): 564–568.

[YL10] Yoshizawa, K., & C. Lienhard. 2010. In search of the sister group of the true lice: a systematic review of booklice and their relatives, with an updated checklist of Liposcelididae (Insecta: Psocodea). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 68 (2): 181–195.

Last updated: 4 August 2020.