''Novopsocus stenopterus'' is a

Psocoptera Psocoptera () are a paraphyletic group of insects that are commonly known as booklice, barklice or barkflies. The name Psocoptera has been replaced with Psocodea in recent literature, with the inclusion of the former order Phthiraptera into Psoc ...

species found in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

. It is the

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

of its genus, characterised by similar sexes, the males having antennae similar to those of females. There are two other species of ''

Novopsocus ''Novopsocus'' is a genus in the Pseudocaeciliidae family, with, until 2008, one described species endemic to New Guinea (described by Thornton.Thornton, I. W. B. 1984. An unusual psocopteran from new Guinea and its relationships within the Philo ...

''.

References

Pseudocaeciliidae Insects of New Guinea Insects described in 1977 {{Psocoptera-stub