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Genus Trigoniophthalmus

Bristletails - Trigoniophthalmus alternatus Bristletail 01 (Trigoniophthalmus alternatus?) - Trigoniophthalmus alternatus Bristletail 02 - Trigoniophthalmus alternatus Unkown ? - Trigoniophthalmus alternatus Bristletail IMG_2039 - Trigoniophthalmus alternatus jumping bristletail - Trigoniophthalmus alternatus - female jumping bristletail - Trigoniophthalmus alternatus - female T. alternatus in suburban Syracuse - Trigoniophthalmus alternatus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Microcoryphia (Bristletails)
Family Machilidae (Jumping Bristletails)
Subfamily Machilinae
Genus Trigoniophthalmus
Explanation of Names
Trigoniophthalmus Verhoeff 1910
'triangular eye'
Numbers
a single (adventive) species in our area(1), several spp. in Europe
Range
native to the Old World