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Tertiary bark lice (Insecta: Psocodea) from the Insect Limestone (Bembridge Marls, Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2014

Dany Azar
Dany Azar*
Affiliation:
Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences II, Department of Biology, Fanar-Matn, PO Box 26110217, Lebanon. Email: azar@mnhn.fr
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Abstract

Late Eocene fossil Psocodea from the Isle of Wight are studied and classified within three new genera and seven species (Wightipsocus acourti (Cockerell 1921) gen. nov. et n. comb., Wightipsocus intasi gen. et sp. nov., Wightipsocus rossi gen et sp. nov., Awightipsocus jarzembowskii gen. et sp. nov., Awightipsocus megaloi gen. et sp. nov. Awightipsocus minimus gen. et sp. nov. and Wightimicropsocus inexpectatus gen. et sp. nov.) without however attributing them to any family. A key for fossil Psocodea from the Isle of Wight is given.

Keywords

Awightipsocusfossil insectsgen. et sp. nov.WightimicroposocusWightipsocus

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