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Crypticerya pimentae

Status not recordedinsects

Crypticerya pimentae is a species in the family Monophlebidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Jamaica.

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Quick facts about Crypticerya pimentae

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Crypticerya pimentae live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Crypticerya pimentae is listed for 1 country.

Jamaica
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Jamaica

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Crypticerya pimentae endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Crypticerya pimentae classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyMonophlebidae
  6. genusCrypticerya
  7. SpeciesCrypticerya pimentae (Newstead, 1917)

Synonyms Crypticerya primitiva pimentae, Llaveia pimentae, Llaveia primitiva pimentae

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Crypticerya pimentae

Other species in the same genus Crypticerya.

Rose Icerya

Crypticerya rosae

MonophlebidaeNo free photo yet

Giant scale

Crypticerya genistae

MonophlebidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Crypticerya pimentae live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Crypticerya pimentae for 1 country: Jamaica. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Crypticerya pimentae?

Crypticerya pimentae (Crypticerya pimentae) belongs to the family Monophlebidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Crypticerya pimentae (Crypticerya pimentae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/crypticerya-pimentae

MLA

“Crypticerya pimentae (Crypticerya pimentae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/crypticerya-pimentae.

BibTeX
@misc{crypticerya_pimentae_2026,
  title = {Crypticerya pimentae (Crypticerya pimentae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/crypticerya-pimentae},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}