Xylastodoris

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Xylastodoris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Thaumastocoridae
Genus: Xylastodoris
Barber, 1920

Xylastodoris, also known as the royal palm bug, is a genus of true bugs in the family Thaumastocoridae. It is a monotypic genus containing a single species, Xylastodoris luteolus. It occurs only on one palm species called Roystonea regia. [1]

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References

  1. Cassis, G.; Monteith, Geoff B.; Postle, Anthony (2023). "Hiding among the palms: the remarkable discovery of a new palm bug genus and species (Insecta: Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae: Xylastodorinae) from remote Norfolk Island; systematics, natural history, palm specialism and biogeography". Invertebrate Systematics. 37 (10): 702–740. doi:10.1071/IS23040.

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