Mastigimas
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| Mastigimas | |
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| Characteristic features of Mastigimas peruanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Psylloidea |
| Family: | Mastigimatidae |
| Genus: | Mastigimas Enderlein, 1921 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Coelocara Tuthill, 1945 | |
Mastigimas is the type genus of plant lice in the recently (2021) restored family Mastigimatidae;[1] previously it was included in the Calophyidae and this placement currently (February 2025) remains in many databases. The genus was erected by Günther Enderlein in 1921[2] and species have been recorded from central and southern America.[3]
