Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, 1931

Lienhard, Charles & Mifsud, David, 2015, Psocids from Malta (Insecta: Psocodea: ‘ Psocoptera’), with new synonymy for Peripsocus stagnivagus based on the discovery of its first Palaearctic male, Zootaxa 3936 (2), pp. 251-260 : 253

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.2.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B03C5872-9D58-4F18-B70C-86AA42AFFA92
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6100112
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D488796-FFC4-F32D-B4F9-FE85932FFD9B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, 1931
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Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel, 1931 View in CoL

Material examined. Malta, Buskett, 17. v.1974, 1 ♀, in soil sample, VM; Zejtun, 20. x.2014, 8 ♀, in private residence, DM.

Notes. This species was previously reported from Malta by Lienhard (1990). It is a cosmopolitan species with obligate thelytokous parthenogenesis and is the most common domestic species of Psocoptera, often being a serious pest in the food industry, households, herbaria, medical mycotheca and similar commodities ( Lienhard 1990, 1998).