Bassocaecilius, Schmidt & New, 2008

Schmidt, Evan R. & New, Timothy R., 2008, The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Tasmania, Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65, pp. 71-152 : 86

Bassocaecilius gen. nov.

Diagnosis. With the characters of the tribe plus the following: ventral abdominal vesicles absent; vein cu 2 of fore wing setose; macropterous or micropterous (ocelli reduced, trichobothria absent) females.

Type species: Bassocaecilius rawlinsoni sp. nov.

Remarks. Dense short setae found on the ventral surface of the abdomen (although more profuse on the dorsal surface) may perform a function similar to that of the adhesive vesicles. This genus is also unusual in the Caeciliusidae in that both micropterous (possessing rudimentary fore wings, reduced ocelli, and lacking developed thoracic lobes and trichobothria) and macropterous female forms have been found.

Etymology. The generic name is a combination of the name Bass, after the British naval surgeon and explorer George Bass, and Caecilius , a genus of Caeciliusidae .