Stemmocryptidae
Family of true bugs
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Stemmocryptidae is a very small family of bugs in the order Hemiptera, known from the ʻSisimangum village in the Madang Province of Papua New Guinea.[1] Only one species in one genus is known, Stemmocrypta antennata.[2]
| Stemmocryptidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Stemmocryptidae |
| Genus: | Stemmocrypta |
| Species: | S. antennata |
| Binomial name | |
| Stemmocrypta antennata Štys, 1983 | |
The family is currently documented by specimens collected during a single UV light trapping.[3]
Morphology
S. antennata is elongate, with small eyes. The pronotal collar is absent. Among other peculiar features are a reduced proepimeron compared to other Dipsocoromorpha, a scent evaporatory structure, a distal expasion of the protibia, a membranous dorsal wall of the pygophore.[4]
Phylogeny
A 2021 analysis suggests Stemmocrpytidae is the sister group of all other Dipsocoromorpha.[4]
