Two new species of Lachesilla in species groups riegeli and forcepeta (Psocodea, 'Psocoptera', Lachesillidae), from the state of Bahia, Brazil

Abstract

Lachesilla is the most species-rich psocid genus. It presently includes 309 described species, in 19 species groups (personal unpublished information). One hundred thirteen species occur in South America, in 11 species groups. Species group riegeli (García Aldrete 1974; Mockford 1993) has two species represented in Brazil, Lachesilla matogrossensis

The genus Elaphopsocus Roesler (Psocodea: `Psocoptera´: Psocidae) with six new species from Brazil and Colombia

“…About 100 species belonging to the family have been described in Colombia and Brazil, 22 and 88 species respectively, rather small numbers in relation to the total number of species described in the family (García Aldrete & Mockford 2009;Lienhard & Smithers 2002;Román-P. et al 2014). Thus, the lack of knowledge is evident in the alpha taxonomy of Psocidae in the Neotropics, where a high diversity of 'Psocoptera' has been documented recently (González-Obando et al 2011;García Aldrete et al 2012;Casasola-González et al 2013;Román-P. et al 2014;Calderón-Martínez et al 2014;García Aldrete & Silva Neto 2014). This contrasts with the diversity of psocids recorded in other latitudes (e. g. El-Hawagry et al 2013;Liu et al 2014).…”