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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Thaumastocoridae

Family Thaumastocoridae

Representative Images

Thaumastocoris peregrinus on Eucalyptus in CA - Thaumastocoris peregrinus small, flat, orange-brown+gray-white double-spoon-snout Australian Bronze Bug - Thaumastocoris peregrinus Thaumastocoris peregrinus Piesmatidae sp? - Thaumastocoris peregrinus Piesmatidae sp? - Thaumastocoris peregrinus Male, Thaumastocoris peregrinus - Thaumastocoris peregrinus - male Eggs, Thaumastocoris peregrinus - Thaumastocoris peregrinus Thaumastocoris peregrinus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Miroidea
Family Thaumastocoridae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

sometimes treated in its own superfamily, Thaumastocoroidea

Explanation of Names

Thaumastocoridae Kirkaldy 1908

Numbers

A single species* in our area(1), >30 spp. in 7 genera total(2)
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*the status of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero & Dellapé 2006, a globally spreading Eucalyptus specialist of Australian origin recently found in CA, is yet to be clarified; Fact sheet (FAO 2012)

Range

most diverse in Australasia, 1‒2 species in NA, none in the Palaearctic(3); in our area, FL(1) and CA (may not be established)

Works Cited

1.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
2.BioLib.cz
3.Biodiversity of the Heteroptera
Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223−263.
Contributed by v belov on 10 December, 2011 - 2:33pm
Last updated 9 October, 2023 - 7:17pm

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