Species

Neostenopsocus perspicuus (Li, 1997)

This name is not valid/accepted. The valid name is Neostenopsocus maculosus (Li & Yang, 1988).

Nomenclature (5)

Stenopsocus perspicuus Li, 1997: 427.
Holotype; female; 02cd4eec-ca97-4cfb-b3cc-328e4f7f69c5; deposited at: China Agricultural University (CAU); China: Sichuan
Stenopsocus perspicuus Li, 1997 in Lienhard & Smithers, 2002

Neostenopsocus perspicuus (Li, 1997) in Liang & Liu, 2024: 440.
Stenopsocus perspicuus Li, 1997 (subjective synonym of Stenopsocus maculosus Li & Yang, 1988) in Liang, Zeng, Li & Liu, 2025: 22. Classification

Li, F. (1997) Psocoptera: Psyllipsocidae, Amphientomidae, Pachytroctidae, Caeciliidae, Stenopsocidae, Amphipsocidae, Dasydemellidae, Lachesillidae, Ectopsocidae, Peripsocidae, Pseudocaeciliidae, Philotarsidae, Elipsocidae, Hemipsocidae and Psocidae. In Insects of the Three Gorge Reservoir area of Yangtze river.: Vol. Part 1. Chongqing Publishing House, Chongqing. pp. 385–530.
Li, F. (2002) Psocoptera of China. National Natural Science Foundation of China, xlvi + 1976 pp. (2 vols), 1547 figs, 10 pl. at the end of the 2nd vol.

Liang, F.-Y. & Liu, X.-Y. (2024) Systematic revision and molecular phylogenetics refine the generic classification of the bark louse family Stenopsocidae (Insecta: Psocodea: Psocomorpha). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 82, 433–446. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.82.e114349
Liang, F., Zeng, W., Li, S. & Liu, X. (2025) Species Delimitation in the Bark Louse Genus Neostenopsocus Liang & Liu, 2024 (Psocodea: Stenopsocidae) Based on DNA Barcoding. Insects, 16(1147), 1–39. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16111147

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	0	0	1	1

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Wikitionary: From perspic(iō) + -uus. 1. transparent, clear; 2. evident, manifest, perspicuous.