Joppeicidae

[‚jäp·ə′īs·ə‚dē]

(invertebrate zoology)

A monospecific family of hemipteran insects included in the Pentatomorpha; found in the Mediterranean regions.

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Their analysis shows that Reduvioidea (i.e., Reduviidae + Pachynomidae) is the sister group to the remaining Cimicomorpha, agreeing with the hypothesis of Schuh (1979), and that Velocipedidae is the sister group of ((Microphysidae + (Joppeicidae + Miroidea)) + (Naboidea + Cimicoidea)).

(in press) modified the concept of Cimiciformes to include Joppeicidae, Microphysidae, Velocipedidae, and Curaliidae, the first two thus removed from Miriformes of Schuh and etys (1991).