Aeopelys

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Aeopelys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Tingidae
Subfamily: Tinginae
Tribe: Litadeini
Genus:Aeopelys
Drake and Ruhoff, 1965

Aeopelys is a monotypic genus of lace bugs, found in New Guinea. The sole species is A. neata.

New Guinea Island in the Pacific Ocean

New Guinea is a large island separated by a shallow sea from the rest of the Australian continent. It is the world's second-largest, after Greenland, covering a land area of 785,753 km2 (303,381 sq mi), and the largest wholly or partly within the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania.

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