Amphigerontia

Amphigerontia contaminata, copyright Mick Talbot.

Belongs within: Amphigerontiinae.

Amphigerontia is a genus of barklice found in Europe and the Americas with further species of uncertain affinities assigned to the genus from other parts of the world (New & Lienhard 2007).

Characters (from New & Lienhard 2007): Ocelli present. Fore wing veins Rs and M connected by a crossvein; discoidal cell wing narrowed posteriorly, externally concave. Male hypandrium with hind margin in three lobes.

<==Amphigerontia Kolbe 1880L02
|--*A. bifasciata (Latreille 1799)M93 (see below for synonymy)
|--A. anchorae Li 1989 [=A. anchonae (l. c.), A. ancorne]L03
|--A. contaminata (Stephens 1836) [=Psocus contaminatus; incl. P. megastigmus Stephens 1836]M93
|--A. diffusa Navas 1933L02
|--A. feai Ribaga 1908NL07
|--A. ficivorella Okamoto 1908L02
|--A. guiyangica Li 1990L02
|--A. incerta Ribaga 1908NL07
|--A. infernicola (Chapman 1930) [=Psocus infernicolus]M93
|--A. intermedia (Tetens 1891) [=Psocus intermedius]G74
|--A. jezoensis Okamoto 1907M03
|--A. lata Enderlein 1926NL07
|--A. lhasaensis Li & Yang 1987 [=A. lhasana, A. lhsasna]L03
|--A. montivaga (Chapman 1930) [=Psocus montivagus]M93
|--A. namiana Navás 1920NL07
|--A. petiolata (Banks 1918) [=Psocus petiolatus]M93
|--A. shanxiensis Li 2002L02
|--A. sicyoides Li 2002L02
|--A. ukingana Enderlein 1902E07
|--A. unacrodonta Li 2002L02
`--A. voeltzkowiB55

*Amphigerontia bifasciata (Latreille 1799)M93 [=Psocus bifasciatusNL07; incl. P. additus Banks 1918M93, P. confraternus Banks 1905M93, Amphigerontia confraternaM93, P. moderatus Banks 1907M93, A. pearmani Roesler 1943G74, P. subfasciatus Zetterstedt 1840M93, A. subnebulosa Kolbe 1880M93]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B55] Badonnel, A. 1955. Psocoptères de l’Angola. Diamang Publicações Culturais 26: 11–267.

[E07] Enderlein, G. 1907. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den Umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–1906 vol. 15. Corrodentia pt 2. Copeognatha. Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A. B.: Uppsala.

[G74] Günther, K. K. 1974. Staubläuse, Psocoptera. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 61: 1–315.

[L02] Li F. 2002. Psocoptera of China vol. 2. Science Press: Beijing.

[L03] Lienhard, C. 2003. Nomenclatural amendments concerning Chinese Psocoptera (Insecta), with remarks on species richness. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 110 (4): 695–721.

[M93] Mockford, E. L. 1993. North American Psocoptera (Insecta). Sandhill Crane Press, Inc.

[M03] Mockford, E. L. 2003. New species and records of Psocoptera from the Kuril Islands. Mitt. Mus. Nat.kd. Berl., Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 50 (2): 191–230.

[NL07] New, T. R., & C. Lienhard. 2007. The Psocoptera of Tropical South-east Asia. Brill: Leiden.

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