Psyllipsocus ramburii Selys-Longchamps, 1872

Mehrafrooz Mayvan, Mahmood, Georgiev, Dilian & Kováč, Ľubomír, 2025, Psocoptera (Insecta: Psocodea) of Iran with new records from caves, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1), pp. 239-251 : 244-245

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.1.239

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3FD2AC75-8496-4366-9D5F-5C8233458A90

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15860148

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087C4-0346-FFF3-FFF6-F8C5FBF730BB

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Psyllipsocus ramburii Selys-Longchamps, 1872
status

 

Psyllipsocus ramburii Selys-Longchamps, 1872 View in CoL ** ( Fig. 2A)

Material examined. 9 ♀♀, Iran, Khorasan-e Razavi province, Chenaran city, Kenan 1 ( Big Kenan ) cave (36°33'58.9"N, 59°04'19.3"E, 1451 m a.s.l.), dark zone, hand collecting under the rocks with an aspirator, 01. VI.2022 GoogleMaps , dark zone, pitfall traps with propylene glycol, 28. VI.2022, leg. M. Mehrafrooz Mayvan; 8 ♀♀, Iran, Khorasan-e Razavi province, Chenaran city, Kenan 2 ( Small ) Kenan cave (36°34'03"N, 59°04'18"E, 1467 m a.s.l.), dark zone, hand collecting under the rocks with an aspirator, 29. VI.2022, leg. M. Mehrafrooz Mayvan GoogleMaps ; 13 ♀♀, Iran, Khorasan-e Razavi province, Mashhad city, Kardeh village , AL cave (36°40'0.2"N, 59°39'19.9"E, 1693 m a.s.l.), dark zone, collected on bat guano with an aspirator, 13.X.2023, leg. M. Mehrafrooz Mayvan GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, 6 nymphs, Iran, Khorasan-e Razavi province, Sarakhs county, Mazdavand city, Mazdavand (Mozdouran) cave (36°09'05"N, 60°32'59"E, 1056 m a.s.l.), dark zone, collected on bat guano with an aspirator, 18. VI.2022, leg. M. Mehrafrooz Mayvan GoogleMaps ; 8 ♀♀, 6 nymphs, Iran, Khorasan-e Razavi province, Sarakhs county, Bazangan village, Bazangan cave (36°18'29"N, 60°22'19"E, 1401 m a.s.l.), dark zone, pitfall traps with propylene glycol, 19.IX.2023, leg. M. Mehrafrooz Mayvan GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, Iran, Khorasan-e Razavi province, Mashhad city, Dehbar village (36°14'48"N, 59°17'07"E, 1702 m a.s.l.), extracted with Berlese funnel from soil and litter, 01.VII.2023, leg. M. Mehrafrooz Mayvan. GoogleMaps

Distribution in Iran. This species is reported for the first time from Iran and Khorasan-e Razavi province.

Ecology and habitat. A troglophilous species, collected in caves under rocks and on bat guano, surface records come from soil and litter.

General distribution. Cosmopolitan ( Lienhard, 2016).

Remarks. This species has been registered for the first time in Iranian caves.

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Psocodea

Family

Psyllipsocidae

Genus

Psyllipsocus

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