DICOPUS Enock, 1909

(Figs 370–379)

Dicopus Enock, 1909: 455 . Type species: Dicopus minutissimus Enock, 1909, by monotypy.

Kubja Subba Rao, 1984: 251 . Type species: Kubja longipes Subba Rao, 1984, by monotypy. Synonymy by Huber, 2009: 235.

Diagnosis. Body length 220–415 μm. Antenna 7-segmented with fu 2 slightly shorter to or longer than fu 1 (Figs 370, 375); mandible when closed pointing ventrally (Figs 370, 371–374), with one short and one long tooth (Fig. 371); vertex posteriorly separated from occiput by a medially divided postorbital trabecula (Figs 372–374) (the latter showing trabecula partly unrolled); fore wing extremely narrow, the narrowest point about one venation length distal to venation, before distinctly widening to apex (Fig. 379); hind wing also narrow for about 4 venation lengths beyond hamuli then becoming uniformly wider to apex (Figs 370, 379).

Discussion. Dicopus belongs to the Alaptus group of genera, together with Alaptus, Callodicopus, Dicopomorpha, and Litus . It is most similar to Dicopomorpha in having the funicle 7-segmented and fore wing very narrow but with a distinct lobe behind the venation.

Nearctic hosts. Unknown. An extralimital host is Psocoptera: Liposcelididae .

Important reference. Doutt (1974).