Alfonso N. García-Aldrete

The species group Amabilis of the genus Euplocania Enderlein (Psocodea: Psocomorpha: Ptiloneuridae)

We here describe and illustrate 11 species of Euplocania in species group Amabilis from Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador. They raise to 33 the number of species described in the genus. An identification key to the males in the species group is included.

Description of the female of Brasineura diamantina Silva-Neto & García Aldrete (Psocodea, ‘Psocoptera’, Ptiloneuridae), with comments on variation in the wing venation

The unknown female of Brasineura diamantina Silva-Neto & García Aldrete is described and illustrated, with new records and comments on variation in the fore-hindwing venation, based on 27 females and 113 males collected in five localities in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Thirty four types of variation and anomalies in the fore-hindwing veins were found. A revised diagnosis of B. diamantina is also presented. Key-Words. Taxonomy; Neotropics; Epipsocetae.

Rediscovery of Antilopsocus nadleri Gurney, 1965 (Psocodea, Troctomorpha, Pachytroctidae) in South America

We found 14 female specimens of Antilopsocus nadleri Gurney, 1965 in Distrito Federal and Minas Gerais, Brazil and in Cauca, Colombia, far from Trinidad and Tobago and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, where the species was previously known. Antilopsocus nadleri had not been collected since 1968.