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  • The Insect Orders
    • Orders A-M
      • Archaeognatha (Bristletails)
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      • Coleoptera (Beetles)
      • Dermaptera (Earwigs)
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      • Hemiptera (Bugs, hoppers, scales & aphids)
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      • Megaloptera (Alderflies, Dobsonflies)
    • Orders N-Z
      • Neuroptera (Net-winged Insects)
      • Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies)
      • Orthoptera (Grasshoppers and Crickets)
      • Phasmida (Stick & Leaf Insects)
      • Phthiraptera (Lice)
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      • Psocoptera (Booklice & Psocids)
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      • Siphonaptera (Fleas)
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      • Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
      • Zygentoma = Thysanura (Silverfish)
  • The Pseudo Insects
    • Class Entognatha (the Pseudo Insects; Diplura & Protura)
    • Class Collembola (Springtails)

Genus Dimorphopterus

The genus Dimorphopterus is composed of two Australian species.

Dimorphopterus cornutus

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Dimorphopterus pilosus (Pacific rice chinch bug)

The AFD has not listed this species in Tasmania

References:

ABRS 2020. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.  https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Dimorphopterus Viewed [24/7/2025]. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home

 

The Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania team acknowledges the palawa people; the traditional owners of lutruwita/ Tasmania. We respect their knowledge, connection and care of the land that we share and its ecosystems, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.  

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