Amphigerontiinae

Belongs within: Psocetae.
Contains: Amphigerontia, Blaste.

The Amphigerontiinae are a group of barklice characterised by amorphous development of the male abdominal apex and a reduced phallosome (New & Lienhard 2007). The Chinese Stylatopsocus biuncialis has the phallosome finger-like whereas other species have it divided into parameres (Li 2002).

Characters (from New & Lienhard 2007): Fore wing veins R₄₊₅ and M not connected or fused; vein M comprising distal border of discoidal cell usually convex; pterostigma relatively deep. Male hypandrial sclerites encompassing abdominal sternites 8 and 9 so apex of male abdomen appears ‘encapsulated’; parameres open distally (no phallosome frame); apophysis of male paraproct broadly rounded. Female with apex of dorsal gonapophysis valve a slender tapered process.

<==Amphigerontiinae
    |--Stylatopsocus Li 2002 [Stylatopsocini]L02
    |    `--*S. biuncialis Li 2002L02
    |--AmphigerontiiniL02
    |    |--AmphigerontiaNL07
    |    `--Metagerontia Li 2002L02
    |         `--*M. tribulosa Li 2002L02
    `--BlastiniL02
         |--BlasteNL07
         |--Chilopsocus Li 2002L02 [=ChilosopsocusL03]
         |    `--*C. macrochilus Li 2002L03
         |--Disopsocus Li 2002L02
         |    `--*D. megacheilus Li 2002L02
         |--Epiblaste Li 1993L02
         |    |--*E. glandacea Li 1993L02
         |    `--E. huananiensis Li 2002 [=E. huananinsis]L03
         |--Pentablaste Li 2002L02
         |    |--*P. obconica Li 2002L02
         |    |--P. auctachila Li 2002L02
         |    |--P. clavata Li 2002L02
         |    |--P. flavae (Li 1995) [=Neoblaste flavae]L02
         |    |--P. flavida (Li 1989)L03, L02 [=Blastopsocidus flavidaeL02, P. flavidae (l. c.)L03, P. flavivdae (l. c.)L03]
         |    |--P. jinxiuica Li 2002L02
         |    |--P. lanceolata Li 2002L02
         |    |--P. longicaudata Li 2002L02
         |    |--P. lushanensis Li 2002L02
         |    |--P. minuscula Li 2002L02
         |    |--P. pentasticha Li 2002L03 (see below for synonymy)
         |    |--P. pini (Li 1990) [=Blastopsocidus pini]L02
         |    |--P. profunda (Li 1995) [=Neoblaste profunda]L02
         |    |--P. quinquedentata (Li & Yang 1988) [=Blostopsocidus quinquedentata]L02
         |    |--P. schizopetala (Li 1997) [=Neoblaste schizopetala]L02
         |    `--P. tetraedrica Li 2002 [=P. tetraedirca]L03
         `--Neoblaste Thornton 1960L02
              |--*N. papillosa Thornton 1960L02
              |--N. alticola Thornton 1984NL07
              |--N. ancistroides Li 2002L02
              |--N. brunnea Endang & Thornton 1992NL07
              |--N. complexa Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
              |--N. cubitalis (Enderlein 1919)NL07
              |--N. fujianensis (Li & Yang 1987) [=Blaste fujianensis]L02
              |--N. guangdongensis New 1991L02
              |--N. javensis Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
              |--N. octogona Li 2002L02
              |--N. ovalis Li 2002L02
              |--N. parasetosa Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
              |--N. partibilis Li 2002L02
              |--N. pinicola Li 1990L02
              |--N. rectangula Li 2002L02
              |--N. setosa Thornton 1960L02
              |--N. soehardjani Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
              |--N. timorensis Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
              |--N. tricornis Li 2002L02
              `--N. umbonalis Li 2002L02
Amphigerontiinae incertae sedis:
  Chaetopsocidus Badonnel 1986B86
    `--*C. sturmi Badonnel 1986B86
  Blastopsocus Roesler 1843M93
    |--*B. variabilis (Aaron 1883)M93 (see below for synonymy)
    |--B. angustus Smithers & Thornton 1981NL07
    |--B. lithinus (Chapman 1930) [=Psocus lithinus, Blaste (Blastopsocus) lithinus]M93
    |--B. mockfordi Badonnel 1986B86
    |--B. semistriatus (Walsh 1862) [=Psocus semistriatus]M93
    `--B. uncinataB86
  Euclismioides Smithers & Thornton 1981NL07, L02
    `--*E. inocellata Smithers & Thornton 1981NL07
  Neopsocopsis Badonnel 1935L98
    `--N. hirticornis (Reuter 1893) (see below for synonymy)L98
  AnomaloblasteNL07
    |--*A. spinivalva Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
    `--A. treubia Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
  IndoblasteNL07
    |--*I. lienhardi Endang & Thornton 1992NL07
    |--I. discoloba Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
    |--I. lawuensis Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
    `--I. sastrawani Endang & Thornton 1992NL07
  JavablasteNL07
    |--*J. aidab Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
    `--J. merapiensis Endang, Thornton & New 2002NL07
  *Lasiopsocus michaelseni [=Blaste (*Lasiopsocus) michaelseni]NL07

*Blastopsocus variabilis (Aaron 1883)^M93 [=Psocus variabilis^NL07, Blaste (Blastopsocus) variabilis^M93, Euclismia variabilis^NL07; incl. P. medialis Banks 1907^M93]

Neopsocopsis hirticornis (Reuter 1893) [=Psocus hirticornis; incl. P. bastmannianus Enderlein 1918, Neopsocus pyrenaicus Badonnel 1935, *Neopsocopsis pyrenaicus]^L98

Pentablaste pentasticha Li 2002^L03 [=Neoblaste quinquedentata Li 1990 non Blostopsocidus quinquedentata Li & Yang 1988^L02, P. pentaticha^L03]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B86] Badonnel, A. 1986. Psocoptères de Colombie (Insecta, Psocoptera). Spixiana 9 (2): 179–223.

[L02] Li F. 2002. Psocoptera of China vol. 2. Science Press: Beijing.

[L98] Lienhard, C. 1998. Faune de France. France et Régions Limitrophes. 83. Psocoptères Euro-Méditerranéens. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles: Paris.

[L03] Lienhard, C. 2003. Nomenclatural amendments concerning Chinese Psocoptera (Insecta), with remarks on species richness. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 110 (4): 695–721.

[M93] Mockford, E. L. 1993. North American Psocoptera (Insecta). Sandhill Crane Press, Inc.

[NL07] New, T. R., & C. Lienhard. 2007. The Psocoptera of Tropical South-east Asia. Brill: Leiden.