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Craspedophysa

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Craspedophysa
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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.[1] Craspedophysa monteithi is found in northern Queensland, Australia.[2] It lacks the ancestral cephalic areolae (raised spots on the head) found in some Peloridiidae.[3]

Notes

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

References

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  • "Craspedophysa" at 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.