Dicropsocus
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Dicropsocus is a genus in the Epipsocidae
family, with three described species, all endemic to New Guinea
and the neighbouring islands. The genus is characterised by a peculiar wing venation, with many supernumerary cells.
Epipsocidae
Epipsocidae is a family of Psocoptera belonging to the suborder Psocomorpha, that includes, among others, the genera Epipsocus, Epipsocopsis, and the New Guinean endemic Dicropsocus. The only European species in the family is the apterous Bertkauia lucifuga...
family, with three described species, all endemic to New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
and the neighbouring islands. The genus is characterised by a peculiar wing venation, with many supernumerary cells.