Psocoptera (Insecta) de nidos de rata (<i>Neotoma floridana smalli</i> Shennan) en Cayo Largo, Florida

Abstract

Two nests of Neotoma floridana smalli Sherman, from Key Largo, Florida, were processed in Berlese funnels, and the following species of Psocoptera were extracted: Nepticulomina sp., Lepolepis caribensis Turner, Belaphotroctes qhesquierei Badonnel, Liposcelis bostrychophilus Badonnel, Liposcelis spp. A and B, Ectopsocus maindroni Badonnel, E. thibaudi Badonnel, Hemipsocus pretiosus Banks and Archipsocopsis parvulus Mockford. These species are either endemic to Southern Florida (Liposcelis spp. A and B), or were known from the Caribbean region (L. caribensis, E. thibaudi, E. maindroni, H. pretiosus) or from other Floridan localities (the rest).