Spermozoros

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Spermozoros
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Zoraptera
Family: Zorotypidae
Subfamily: Spermozorinae
Genus: Spermozoros
Kocarek, Horka & Kundrata, 2020

Spermozoros is a genus of angel insects in the family Zorotypidae. There are six described species in Spermozoros, transferred to Spermozoros from the genus Zorotypus as a result of research published in 2020. [1] [2]

Species

These species belong to the genus Spermozoros:

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References

  1. Maehr, Michael D.; Hopkins, Heidi (2020). "genus Spermozoros Kocarek, Horka & Kundrata, 2020". Zoraptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  2. Kočárek, Petr; Horká, Ivona; Kundrata, Robin (2020). "Molecular Phylogeny and Infraordinal Classification of Zoraptera (Insecta)". Insects. 11 (1): 51. doi: 10.3390/insects11010051 . PMC   7023341 . PMID   31940956.