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Craspedophysa monteithi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Peloridiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Hemiptera

Rank
  
Species

Genus
  
Craspedophysa 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.

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Craspedophysa monteithi Wikipedia