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Liposcelis bostrychophilus QQnr

Booklouse

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Booklouse, Book Louse, Booklice, Book Lice, Dustlouse, Dustlice; German Staubläuse

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: RANGE Circumglobal

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group; Land, in books, esp. if 50+% humidity

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; in books and documents

KEY FEATURES: Minute, to 1mmBL. Usually females only - reproduce by parthenogenesis. COLOUR uniform pale brown. HEAD large with long antennae, and small eyes; THORAX without wings; ABDOMEN flat and oval, with clear segments. LEGS pale. Feed mainly on mildew and mould, sometimes starch.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Liposcelis bostrychophilus QQnr Badonnel, 1931
Query: Photographed specimen is probably this species (GMcC 2007/5)

SYNONYMS: Liposcelis divinatorium Müller, 1776 [sensu, but description poor and specimens lost, name unattachable]; Liposcelis divergens Badonnel, 1943

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Psocoptera; LIPOSCELIDIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: seen in books, G.McC. no identification.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zupB07a, zM03b, zD07a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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