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Hyocephalidae

Hyocephalidae are a small family of Heteroptera which are endemic to Australia.

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Hyocephalidae
Hyocephalus aprugnus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Coreoidea
Family: Hyocephalidae
Bergroth, 1906

Hyocephalidae are a small family of Heteroptera which are endemic to Australia.12

Genera

These two genera make up the family Hyocephalidae.3

  • Hyocephalus Bergroth, 1906
  • Maevius Stål, 1874
References

References

  1. Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  2. Cassis, G.; Australia. Bureau of Flora and Fauna; Gordon F. Gross (2002). Zoological catalogue of Australia: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). Csiro Publishing. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-643-06875-9. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  3. Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2018). "family Hyocephalidae Bergroth, 1906". Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-01.