Lesneia nigra Broadhead & Richards

Yoshizawa, Kazunori, Marusik, Yuri M., Yao, Izumi & Lienhard, Charles, 2020, Systematic Position of the Enigmatic Psocid Family Lesneiidae (Insecta: Psocodea: Psocomorpha), With Description of Two New Species, Insect Systematics and Diversity (AIFB) 4 (6), No. 6, pp. 1-6 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa019
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7169114
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scientific name	Lesneia nigra Broadhead & Richards
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Lesneia nigra Broadhead & Richards View in CoL

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Lesneia niger View in CoL [sic!] Broadhead and Richards 1982: 185.

Specimens examined. 1 female, KENYA: Embu distr., Irangi Forest Station , alt. 2000 m, sur végétation dans la forêt, 11.x.1977, leg V. Mahnert et J.-L. Perret (deposited at MHNG) ; 1 female 1 nymph (male), KENYA: Nakuru distr., Mau Escarpment, près d’Enangiperi , alt. 2,700 m, tamisage dans la forêt, 6.xi.1977, leg Mahnert et J.-L. Perret (deposited at MHNG) .

Remarks. This species has been known only from the high altitude region (over 2,470 m) of Mt. Kenya ( Broadhead and Richards 1982). One of the present samples was also collected from Mt. Kenya but at much lower altitude ( 2,000 m), and the other locality is relatively isolated from Mt. Kenya (about 120 km West).