Craspedophysa

Craspedophysa monteithi
Scientific classification
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

^ (EOL)
^ (Burckhardt, 2009)
^ (Spangenberg, 2013)

References

"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.

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[1] (EOL)

[2] (Burckhardt, 2009)

[3] (Spangenberg, 2013)

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