Biology:Craspedophysa

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.

References

• 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 (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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