The minute litter bugs (Dipsocoromorpha)

Abstract

Dipsocoromorpha, the minute litter bugs, are the putatively least known infraorder of true bugs. Despite their astounding morphology, the small size and cryptic habits of Dipsocoromorpha have resulted in limited curated museum collections. Few specialists have focused on this group. In the Neotropical and elsewhere region, Ceratocombidae, Dipsocoridae, and Schizopteridae are represented by ca. 120 described species in 22 genera. The true diversity in the Neotropics, but also the tropics of the Old World, is clearly much larger than this number.