''Neostygarctus'' is a

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s. It is the only genus in the family Neostygarctidae. It was named and described by Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo and Morone De Lucia in 1982.

Species

The genus includes three species: * ''Neostygarctus acanthophorus'' Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo & Morone De Lucia, 1982 * ''Neostygarctus lovedeluxe'' Fujimoto & Miyazaki, 2013, named after a Stand from

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that was in turn named after an album by

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; the discoverers said that the "hairy appearance of the new species appears as if affected by the power of 'Love Deluxe'". * ''Neostygarctus oceanopolis'' Kristensen, Sørensen, Hansen & Zeppilli, 2015

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