Stenocaecilius caboverdensis (Meinander, 1966)

Lienhard, Charles & Philip Ashmole, N., 2011, The Psocoptera (Insecta: Psocodea) of St Helena and Ascension Island (South Atlantic) with a new record from South Africa, Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (3), pp. 423-449 : 438

Stenocaecilius caboverdensis (Meinander, 1966)

MATERIAL EXAMINED: BMNH, 1♀ , St Helena , Cuckhold's Point, S15º58' W5º42', 771m, xii.2005 - i.2006, leg. H. Mendel (Malaise trap) . – BMNH, 1♀ (damaged, lacking abdomen) , Ascension Island, Grazing Valley , S7º57' W14º21', viii.2003, leg. H. Mendel (pitfall trap) . – BMNH, 1♀ , Ascension Island, Green Mt. , S7º57' W14º21', 6.viii.2003, leg. H. Mendel (vacuum sampler) .

COMMENT: This atlanto-mediterranean species is here recorded for the first time from St Helena and Ascension Island. According to Lienhard & Smithers (2002) it is already known from three Macaronesian archipelagoes ( Cabo Verde, Azores, Madeira) and from several mediterranean countries ( Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Portugal and Tunisia).

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