''Aeopelys'' is a monotypic genus of
lace bug
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 for ...
s, found in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
. The sole species is ''A. neata''.
References
*Froeschner, R.C., 2001. Lace Bug Genera of the World, II: Subfamily Tinginae: tribes Litadeini and Ypsotingini (Heteroptera: Tingidae)
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 611.
*Drake, C.J. & Ruhoff, F.A., 1960
Lace-bug genera of the world. (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 112 (3431): 1-105, 9 pls.
*Drake, C.J. & Ruhoff, F.A., 1965. Lace-bugs of the world: a catalogue. (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum: 243, 1-643.
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Tingidae
Arthropods of New Guinea