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Species of true bug

Craspedophysa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Peloridiidae
Genus: Craspedophysa
Burckhardt, 2009
Species: C. monteithi
Binomial name
Craspedophysa monteithi
Burckhardt, 2009

Craspedophysa monteithi is a moss bug, the only confirmed, extant species in the genus Craspedophysa. Craspedophysa monteithi is found in northern Queensland, Australia. It lacks the ancestral cephalic areolae (raised spots on the head) found in some Peloridiidae.

Notes

  1. (EOL)
  2. (Burckhardt, 2009)
  3. (Spangenberg, 2013)

References

  • "Craspedophysa". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  • Burckhardt, Daniel (2009). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Gondwanan moss bugs or Peloridiidae (Hemiptera, Coleorrhyncha)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 56 (2): 173–235. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200900019.
  • Spangenberg, Rico; et al. (2013). "The cephalic morphology of the Gondwanan key taxon Hackeriella (Coleorrhyncha, Hemiptera)". Arthropod Structure & Development. 42 (4): 315–337. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2013.03.007.
Taxon identifiers
Craspedophysa
Craspedophysa monteithi
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