Stenocaecilius quercus (Edwards)

Smithers, C. N., 2007, Lord Howe Island Psocoptera (Insecta), Records of the Australian Museum 59 (1), pp. 9-26 : 16

Stenocaecilius quercus (Edwards)

Caecilius quercus Edwards, 1950 . Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. (1949): 131.

Stenocaecilius quercus (Edwards) . Mockford, 2000. Trans. Amer. ent . Soc. 125(4): 357.

Material studied. 4??, 3!!, Mt Gower summit; ridge between creeks 2 (middle) and 1 (most easterly), Hedyscepe canterburyana , Zygogynum howeanum , Cryptocarya gregsonii , leaf litter, 25.vi.2001, Ian Hutton. 1!, Muttonbird Point booby colony area, under native grass, Poa poiformis , leaf litter, 22.vi.2001, Ian Hutton. 1?, 1!, Track to Malabar Hill, 50 m N summit, ex leaf litter, 10.viii.2001, I. Hutton. 1?, Malabar Hill, on path to Kims Lookout, narrow sclerophyll closed scrub, Dodonaea / Cassinia , leaf litter, 24.xi.2000, LHIS. 2??, c. 25 m above coastal trail to Boat Harbour, 750 m from start, close rain forest, Drypetes / Cryptocarya, Baloghia inophylla. beating, 26.xi.2000, P. Flemons, J. Tarnawski. 1?, eastern slope of Dawsons Point, ridge near top, closed rain forest, Cleistocalyx / Chionanthus , leaf litter, 24.xi.2000, LHIS. 1!, junction of Kims Lookout trail and North Beach trail, closed rain forest, Drypetes / Cryptocarya , Olea paniculata , beating, 25.xi.2000, L. Wilkie, H. Smith. 1?, junction of Kims Lookout trail and North Beach trail, closed rain forest, Drypetes / Cryptocarya , Olea paniculata , beating, 25.xi.2000, L. Wilkie, H. Smith. 2??, 2!!, eastern aspect of Transit Hill near summit, narrow closed sclerophyll scrub, Melaleuca / Cassinia , leaf litter, 19.xi.2000, LHIS. 1?, Mt Lidgbird SE end in dip between Pimple and main cliff. 21.v.2001, leaf litter caught in Birds Nest Fern, Asplenium goudeyi , 1.5 m off ground. Ian Hutton. 1?, Mt Gower N face, following cliff base along from Eddies Cave, on ridge between gullies 1 and 2, 26.v.2001, Metrosideros nervulosa , Dysoxylon pachyphyllum , Cleistocalyx fullagarii , leaf litter, Ian Hutton. 2??, 2!!, Muttonbird Point Booby colony area, 22.vi.2001, litter underneath Kikuyu grass, Ian Hutton. 1?, Little Slope, broad-leafed herb vegetation, mixed ferns/herbs, leaf litter, 7.xii.2000, LHIS. 1!, c. 50 m S of summit of Mt. Eliza on western face, orthophyll short grass, Poa , leaf litter, 20.xi.2000, LHIS. 2??, Mt Gower N face, base of waterfall, off summit (east one), 26.v.2001, Boehmeria calophleba , Machaerina insularis , Elatostema grande , Blechnum howeanum , Blechnum geniculatum leaf litter, Ian Hutton. 1?, eastern slope of Dawsons Point Ridge above Old Settlement, closed rain forest, Drypetes / Cryptocarya (exposed), leaf litter, 1.xii.2000, LHIS. 2??, just behind beach at Old Gulch on western footslopes, narrow sclerophyll closed scrub, Melaleuca , leaf litter, 20.xi.2000, LHIS. 1?, eastern end of Boat Harbour beach, narrow closed sclerophyll scrub, Melaleuca / Cassinia , Drypetes deplanchei , beating, 26.xi.2000, P. Flemons, J. Tarnawski. 1?, in forest behind Research Station, palm and banyan litter, 22.ii.2001, J. Tarnawski. 1?, Get Up Place, trail to Mt. Gower, broad closed sclerophyll scrub, Dracophyllum / Metrosideros , leaf litter, 2.xii.2000, LHIS. 2??, southern end of Old Settlement Beach, sweep sampling, 7.xii.2000, G. Cassis. 1?, eastern slope of Dawsons Point Ridge near top, closed rain forest, Cleistocalyx / Chionanthus , 1–4.xii.2001, C. Reid. 1!, Goat House walking track, c. 550 m from junction with Erskine Valley track, Intermediate Hill, Cryptocarya triplinervis , hand collected, 6.xii.2000, G. Cassis. 1!, bottom of track from Capella to Boat Harbour, 15.xii.2000. 1?, Mt Lidgbird, SE ridge leading to Pimple, 20 m down track SE of Pimple summit, 23.v.2001, Alyxia squamulosa, Coprosma huttoniana, Xylosma parvifolium leaf litter, Ian Hutton. 2!!, c. 50 m S of summit of Mt. Eliza on western face, orthophyll short grass, Poa , Drypetes deplanchei , beating, 1.xii.2000, H. Smith. 1?, junction of Kims Lookout trail and North Beach trail, closed rain forest, Drypetes / Cryptocarya, Pouteria myrsinoides, beating, 25.xi.2000, L. Wilkie, H. Smith. 1?, eastern slope of Dawsons Point Ridge near top, closed rain forest, Cleistocalyx / Chionanthus , 1–4.xii.2001, C. Reid. 2??, 1!, Rocky Run Creek, leaf litter, Cleistocalyx fullagarii , Pandanus forsteri , Coprosma putida , 18.v.2002, I. Hutton. 1?, Mt. Lidgbird, W side valley, between Pimple and summit, litter, Hedyscepe canterburyana , Macropiper hooglandii, Coprosma huttoniana, 11.iv.2002, I Hutton. 1?, Rocky Run Creek, Intermediate Hill crossing, litter, Cleistocalyx fullagarii , Drypetes deplanchei , 18.v.2002, I. Hutton. 1?, 10 m NW Malabar Hill track in forest at beginning, leaf litter, Drypetes deplanchei, Pouteria myrsinoides, Xylosma maidenii, Alyxia ruscifolia , 10.viii.2001, I. Hutton. 1?, Creek gully behind Lord Howe Island Board Office, litter, Howea forsteriana , Drypetes deplanchei , Cryptocarya triplinervis , 9.viii. 2001, I. Hutton. 1?, Mount Gower, north face, near creek crossing of track, litter, Chionanthus quadristamineus , Guioa coriacea , Drypetes deplanchei , 19.v.2002, I. Hutton.

Distribution. Previously recorded from Lord Howe Island, Tasmania and Australia.