“…As for the arthropods, particularly the insects, little has been done and there is little documented information (Dávila et al, 2002). Occasional observations indicate that there is a high diversity of scorpions, spiders, ants and termites, but the only groups that have been documented are Hemiptera (Brailovsky et al, 1994(Brailovsky et al, , 1995, Hymenoptera (Rico-Gray et al, 1998;Ríos-Casanova et al, 2004;Guzmán-Mendoza and Castaño-Meneses, 2007;Guzmán-Mendoza et al, 2010, 2012Vásquez-Bolaños et al, 2011), and Lepidoptera, in particular with reference to the edible larvae of Paradirphia fumosa (Saturniidae) (Velázquez et al, 2006). With respect to psocopterans, a total of 125 and 139 species have been recorded in Puebla and Oaxaca respectively, with 17 and 22 endemic species respectively for each state (Mockford and García-Aldrete, 1996; García-Aldrete, pers inf.…”