The mexican pachytroctidae (Troctomorpha:Psocoptera)

Abstract

ELEVEN SPECIES OF THE PSOCID FAMILY PACHYTROCTIDAE OCCUR IN MEXICO; THEY BELONG TO THE GENERA NANOPSOCUS ( ONE SPECIES), TAPINELLA(FIVE SPECIES), AND PSACADIUM (ONE SPECIES). TWO SPECIES OF TAPINELLA, AND THE MALE OF PACHYTROCTES IXTAPAENSIS GARCIA ALDRETE, ARE HERE DESCRIBED. THE MEXICAN RECORDS OF THE SPECIES TREATED ARE INCLUDED, AS WELL AS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SPECIES IN EACH GENUS.