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Class Diplura - Two-pronged Bristletails

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Two-pronged Bristletails (Diplura)

A synopsis of the Diplura of North America ...

By Robert T. Allen
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 128, No. 4, pp. 403-466, 2002

Robert T. Allen, A synopsis of the Diplura of North America: Keys to higher taxa, systematics, distributions and descriptions of new taxa (Arthropoda: Insecta), Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 128(4): 403-466, 2002.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 16 May, 2015 - 6:01pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Two-pronged Bristletails (Diplura) » Dicellurata » Forcepstails (Japygidae) » Metajapyx

Japygidae of North America 9. The genus Metajapyx

By Leslie M. Smith
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 126-138 , 1964

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 10 January, 2017 - 8:13am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Two-pronged Bristletails (Diplura) » Dicellurata » Forcepstails (Japygidae) » Evalljapyx

Japygidae of North America, 6. New species of Evalljapyx with 26 antennal segments

By Leslie M. Smith
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 1-6, 1960

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 10 January, 2017 - 8:16am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Two-pronged Bristletails (Diplura) » Dicellurata » Forcepstails (Japygidae) » Evalljapyx

Japygidae of North America, 5. Species of Evalljapyx with 30±1 segments in the antenna (Order Diplura)

By Leslie M. Smith
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 137-143 , 1960

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 10 January, 2017 - 8:15am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Two-pronged Bristletails (Diplura) » Rhabdura » Campodeidae

The eversible vesicles of Campodea (Thysanura)

By E. H. Drummond
Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Series A, Vol. 28, Issue 10-12, pp. 145-148, 1953

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 29 January, 2017 - 1:15pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Two-pronged Bristletails (Diplura) » Dicellurata » Forcepstails (Japygidae)

New North American genera and species of apterygotan insects of the family Japygidae

By H. E. Ewing
Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington, Vol, 43, pp. 69-75, 1941

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 28 January, 2017 - 9:44pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Two-pronged Bristletails (Diplura) » Dicellurata » Forcepstails (Japygidae)

A synopsis of the North American species of Japyx

By Myron H. Swenk
Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 129-132 , 1903

Useful for descriptions and figures. The taxonomy is dated, though. Many species of Japyx have been synonymized(1).

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 9 January, 2017 - 10:47pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Two-pronged Bristletails (Diplura) » Dicellurata

A checklist and bibliography of the Japygoidea (Insecta: Diplura) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies

By James R. Reddell
An occasional publication of the Texas Memorial Museum, The Pearce-Sellards Series, No. 37, 1983

James R. Reddell, A checklist and bibliography of the Japygoidea (Insecta: Diplura) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies, An occasional publication of the Texas Memorial Museum, The Pearce-Sellards series, No. 37, The University of Texas at Austin, 2400 Trinity Street, Austin, Texas 78705, April 8, 1983.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 9 January, 2017 - 10:09pm

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