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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Coleorrhyncha
Superfamilia: Peloridioidea

Familia: Peloridiidae
Genus: Xenophysella
Species (2): X. greensladeae – X. stewartensis

[source: Burckhardt (2009)]
Name

Xenophysella Evans, 1982

Gender

feminine
Type species

Xenophyes stewartensis Woodward, 1952, by original designation

References

Burckhardt, D.B. 2009: Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Gondwanan moss bugs or Peloridiidae (Hemiptera, Coleorrhyncha). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 56(2): 173–235. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.200900019 Paywall. Reference page.
Evans, J.W. 1982: A review of present knowledge of the family Peloridiidae and new genera and new species from New Zealand and New Caledonia (Hemiptera: Insecta). Records of the Australian Museum, 34(5): 381–406. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.34.1982.296 Open access. Reference page.
Woodward, T.E. 1952: Two new species of Peloridiidae from New Zealand (Homoptera: Coleorrhyncha) with additional locality records for the family. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 6: 181–189.

Xenophysella is a genus of moss bug (Peloridiidae). The type species is Xenophysella stewartensis,[1] found only on Stewart Island, off New Zealand.[2]
Species

Xenophysella greensladeae Burckhardt, 2009
Xenophysella stewartensis Woodward, 1952 (=Xenophysella pegasusensis Evans, 1982)

References

Evans, John William (1982). "A review of present knowledge of the family Peloridiidae and new genera and new species from New Zealand and New Caledonia (Hemiptera: Insecta)". Records of the Australian Museum. 34 (5): 381–406. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.34.1982.296.

Woodward, T. E. (1952). "Two new species of Peloridiidae from New Zealand with additional locality records for the family". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 6 (2): 181–189.

Other reading
"Xenophysella" at the Encyclopedia of Life
Burckhardt, Daniel (2009). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Gondwanan moss bugs or Peloridiidae (Hemiptera, Coleorrhyncha)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 56 (2): 173–235. doi:10.1002/mmnd.200900019.

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