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Family PROSOPISTOMATIDAE


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Ian Campbell, Chisolm Institute of Technology, Caufield East, Victoria, Australia

Introduction

The family Prosopistomatidae contains a single genus with species distributed in Europe, Africa, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia (Edmunds et al. 1976). The morphology of the nymphs is unusual; the head is recessed into the thorax and the mesonotum forms a carapace that covers most of the abdomen. As a result, they were first described as crustaceans by Latrielle (1833). The family is the most recent to be discovered in Australia, having first been recorded by Pearson & Penridge (1979) from far north Queensland.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)