Metylophorus

Belongs within: Psocinae.

Metylophorus is a subcosmopolitan genus of barklice (not known from Australasia) that usually have predominantly brown or grey fore wings and fumose hind wings (New & Lienhard 2007).

Characters (from New & Lienhard 2007): Fore wing Sc ending free in wing membrane; veins Rs and M fused for a short length or meeting at a point; areola postica trapezoidal, basal and distal portions of vein Cu1a not converging strongly towards M.

<==Metylophorus Pearman 1932L02
    |--*M. nebulosus (Stephens 1836)L02 (see below for synonymy)
    |--M. barretti (Banks 1900) [=Psocus barretti, Psocidus barretti]M93
    |--M. bicornutus Li & Yang 1987L02
    |--M. brevantenninus Li & Yang 1987L02
    |--M. camptodontus Li & Yang 1992L02
    |--M. cantaminatus Li & Yang 1987L02
    |--M. cyclotus Li 2002L02
    |--M. daedaleus Li 2002L02
    |--M. diplodurus Li 1992L02
    |--M. dongbeicus Li 2002L02
    |--M. elongatus Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
    |--M. giganteus Li 2002L02
    |--M. hengshanicus Li 2002L02
    |--M. hoodi (Chapman 1930)GA04, M93 [=Psocus hoodiM93, Psocidus hoodiM93]
    |--M. javensis Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
    |--M. jinciensis Li 2002L02
    |--M. latespinosus Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
    |--M. lisae Thornton 1984NL07
    |--M. lobatus Badonnel 1955B55
    |--M. longicaudatus Li 2002L02
    |--M. lushanensis Li 2002L02
    |--M. marmoreus Li & Yang 1988L02
    |--M. medicornutus Li 2002L02
    |--M. megistus Li 1997L02
    |--M. mendax Badonnel 1955B55
    |--M. novaescotiae (Walker 1853) (see below for synonymy)M93
    |--M. plebius Li 1989L02
    |--M. pleiotomus Li 2002L02
    |--M. purus (Walsh 1862) [=Psocus purus; incl. P. genualis Banks 1903, P. lucidus Harris 1869]M93
    |--M. rotundatus Li 1992L02
    |--M. tricornis Li 1993L02
    |--M. trivalvis Li 1992L02
    |--M. uncorneus Li 2002L02
    |--M. wui Li 1995L02
    |--M. wuyinicus Li & Yang 1987L02
    |--M. xizangensis Li & Yang 1987L02
    `--M. yaneziGA04

*Metylophorus nebulosus (Stephens 1836)^L02 [=Psocus nebulosus^NL07; incl. P. affinis Rambur 1842^G74, P. nebulososimilis var. amphigerontioides Kolbe 1880^G74, P. fuscipennis Zetterstedt 1840^G74, P. infuscatus Rambur 1842^G74, P. similis Stephens 1836^G74, P. nebulosus var. usambaranus Enderlein 1907^E07, P. variegatus Curtis 1837 non Latreille 1799^G74]

Metylophorus novaescotiae (Walker 1853) [=Psocus novaescotiae; incl. P. contaminatus Hagen 1861 non Stephens 1836, P. hageni Banks 1904, P. perplexus Walsh 1862]^M93

*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.

[GA04] García Aldrete, A. N. 2004. Descripciones de especies de Psocoptera y adiciones a la fauna. In: García Aldrete, A. N., & R. Ayala (eds) Artrópodos de Chamela pp. 107–125. Instituto de Biología, UNAM: México.

[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.

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

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