Hypsipterygidae is a small family of bugs in the order

Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...

, known from

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and

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. There are 4 extant species in one genus, ''Hypsipteryx'', and one fossil species. They resemble, but are unrelated to, the family

Tingidae The Tingidae are a family of very small () insects in the order Hemiptera that are commonly referred to as lace bugs. This group is distributed worldwide with about 2,000 described species. They are called lace bugs because the pronotum and f ...

Species

* '' Hypsipteryx ecpaglus'' Drake, 1961 * †'' Hypsipteryx hoffeinsorum'' Bechly & Wittmann, 2000 * '' Hypsipteryx machadoi'' Drake, 1961 * '' Hypsipteryx ugandensis'' Štys, 1970 * '' Hypsipteryx vasarhelyii'' Rédei, 2007

References

Dipsocoromorpha Heteroptera families Monogeneric insect families {{heteroptera-stub