Morphological Characters of the Florida Species of Archipsocus with Closed Phallosome (Psocoptera: Archipsocidae)
Abstract
Three closely similar species of Florida Archipsocus--A. floridanus Mockford, A. gurneyi Mockford, and A. nomas Gurney-have proven difficult to identify by adult morphology alone. Material preserved during life history investigations, determined to species not only by adult morphology but also by attributes of living individuals, was studied to determine variation in morphological features. Several characters were found which do not overlap in their variation between A. gurneyi and the other 2 species, thus allowing ready recognition of that species. Females of A. floridanus and A. nomas show some overlap, or at least abutting, in all characters studied, but several characters taken in combination allow recognition of nearly all females of these 2 species. Males of these 2 species do not overlap in length of several antennal segments, but the number of specimens was small and the distances between species slight, so that some overlap is anticipated in these characters. As with females, several characters in combination will allow recognition of most males to species.Downloads
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