Austropsocus tibialis Thornton, 1977

Schmidt, Evan R. & New, Timothy R., 2008, The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tasmania, Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65, pp. 71-152 : 123

Austropsocus tibialis Thornton and New

Austropsocus tibialis Thornton and New, 1977: 30 .

Austropsocus tibialis . --- Cole et al., 1989: 33.

Austropsocus hyalinus Thornton and New. Cole et al., 1989: 33.

Material examined. Site 20, 2, 22 May 86; site 138, 1, 12 June 87; site 183, 1, 11 Nov 86; 1, 17 June 87; site 186, 1, 27 July 87; site 193C, 1, 17 June 87; site 258, 2, 26 Mar 87; 1, 27 Apr 87; site 269, 16, 6, 2 nymphs, 1 Mar 88; site 272, 1, 3 nymphs, 2 Mar 88; site 277, 11, 5, 2 Mar 88; site 280A, 1, 25 Mar 87; 1, 27 Apr 87; 1, 22 May 87; 1, 29 July 87; site 291, 1, 4 Mar 88; site 294B, 1, 2, 4 Mar 88.

Distribution. Tasmania, Flinders I (Bass Strait), Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

Remarks. Examination of material recorded as Austropsocus hyalinus from Flinders I, Bass Strait ( Cole et al., 1989) has shown an error in identification. The specimens are conspecific with Victorian and Tasmanian material of A. tibialis . Apart from an isolated southeastern site this essentially autumn species (March to July) was found in northern Tasmania, predominantly in the northwestern Tarkine region, where it was taken from dead foliage of wet and mixed forests, and rainforest ( Nothofagus ).