Myopsocus eatoni McLachlan, 1880

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 : 259

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.6100165
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2D488796-FFCE-F327-B4F9-FC0E935CFB35
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Myopsocus eatoni McLachlan, 1880
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Myopsocus eatoni McLachlan, 1880 View in CoL

Material examined. Malta, Zejtun, 20. vii.2014, 13 ♂ and 4 ♀ and 2 nymphs, associated with dead wood of Ailanthus altissima in storage, DM.

Notes. A new record for the Maltese Islands. This is a circum-Mediterranean species known also from several Atlantic Islands (Azores, Canaries, Madeira and St. Helena). It is associated with bark of different trees and shrubs ( Lienhard 1998).