Psocoptera (Insecta) of the island of Moorea, French Polynesia, and comparisons with other Pacific Island faunas

Abstract

Psocoptera were collected from sea level to 800m elevation, in disturbed agricultural land and native forest; 36 species were collected (and one occurs on Tahiti), representing 14 genera in 8 families. The family with the best representation was the Lepidopsocidae, with 16 species. Peripsocidae (5 species), Pseudocaeciliidae (5), Ectopsocidae (4) and Myopsocidae (4) were fairly well represented, Caeciliidae, Philotarsidae and Psocidae each by but a single species. Two-thirds of the Moorea fauna also occurs in Fiji, half in Tonga, and half in Hawaii. -from Author