title: Ectopsocidae (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera') from Valle del Cauca and NNP Gorgona, Colombia.
abstract: The results of a survey of the psocid family Ectopsocidae in Valle del Cauca and NNP Gorgona, are here presented. Fifteen species were identified, in the genera Ectopsocus (14 species), and Ectopsocopsis (one species); four of the Ectopsocus species are new to science and are here described and illustrated. The male of E. thorntoni García Aldrete is here described. Records of Ectopsocopsis cryptomeriae (Enderlein), Ectopsocus briggsi McLachlan, E. californicus Banks, E. columbianus Badonnel, E. maindroni Badonnel, E. meridionalis Ribaga, E. pilosus Badonnel, E. richardsi Pearman, E. titschacki Jentsch, and E. vilhenai Badonnel, are provided. Ten species were found only in Valle del Cauca, two species were found only in the NNP Gorgona, and three species were found at both sites. The specimens studied are deposited in the Entomological Museum, Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Colombia (MUSENUV).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Colombia.; Email: oscar.saenz@correounivalle.edu.co.
authors.forename: Oscar Fernando Saenz
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Manchola
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Colombia.; Email: ranulfo.gonzalez@correounivalle.edu.co.
authors.forename: Ranulfo González
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Obando
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, 04510 México, D. F. MÉXICO.; Email: anga@ib.unam.mx.
authors.forename: Alfonso N García
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Aldrete
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D003105:Colombia; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male