Two new cave-dwelling Prionoglarididae from Venezuela and Namibia

Two new cave-dwelling Prionoglarididae from Venezuela and Namibia
(Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Trogiomorpha).

- The new genus Speleopsocus
Lienhard gen. n. is described for a strongly cave-adapted (troglobite) new
species from Venezuela, Speleopsocus chimanta Lienhard sp. n. This is the
first New World representative of the subfamily Prionoglaridinae. A special
structure on the foretarsus of this species is described and interpreted as an
antenna cleaner. The new species Sensitibilla etosha Lienhard & Holuša
sp. n., belonging to the subfamily Speleketorinae, is described from a cave
in Namibia. This is the fourth species known of this genus which is endemic
to southern Africa.

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SUISSE DE
ZOOLOGIE 117 (2): 185-197; juin 2010

Two new cave-dwelling Prionoglarididae from Venezuela and
Namibia (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Trogiomorpha)

Charles LIENHARD1, Otakar HOLUŠA2 & Giuseppe GRAFITTI3
d'histoire naturelle, c. p. 6434, CH-1211 Genève 6, Switzerland.
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2 Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Faculty of Forestry and
Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, CZ-613 00 Brno,
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3 Dipartimento di Zoologia e Genetica Evoluzionistica dell’Università di Sassari
(External collaborator). Via dei Navigatori 7, I-07100 Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.
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