Biology:Hypsipterygidae

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Short description: Family of true bugs

Hypsipterygidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Dipsocoromorpha
Family: Hypsipterygidae
Drake, 1961
Genus: Hypsipteryx
Drake, 1961

Hypsipterygidae is a small family of bugs in the order Hemiptera, known from Africa and Southeast Asia. There are 4 extant species in one genus, Hypsipteryx, and one fossil species.[1] They resemble, but are unrelated to, the family Tingidae.

Species

  • Hypsipteryx ecpaglus Drake, 1961
  • Hypsipteryx hoffeinsorum Bechly & Wittmann, 2000
  • Hypsipteryx machadoi Drake, 1961
  • Hypsipteryx ugandensis Štys, 1970
  • Hypsipteryx vasarhelyii Rédei, 2007

References

  1. Rédei, Dávid (2007). "A new species of the family Hypsipterygidae from Vietnam, with notes on the hypsipterygid fore wing venation (Heteroptera, Dipsocoromorpha)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (Wiley) 54 (1): 43–50. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200700004. ISSN 1435-1951. 

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