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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Bristletails (Microcoryphia) » Jumping Bristletails (Machilidae) » Petrobiinae

Subfamily Petrobiinae

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Bristletail Machilidae: Petrobius brevistylus - Petrobius brevistylus Jumping Bristletail - Petridiobius arcticus Immature Petridiobius arcticus, view of face - Petridiobius arcticus Bristle tail - Petridiobius arcticus Bristletail - Pedetontus saltator SBBG-SCL-TIC_000165 - Neomachilus Petrobius? - Pedetontus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Microcoryphia (Bristletails)
Family Machilidae (Jumping Bristletails)
Subfamily Petrobiinae

Numbers

17 spp. in 7 genera in our area(1)

Identification

Scales on pedicel and scape but not flagellum

Works Cited

1.Bowser M.L. (2012) Bristletails of North America
Contributed by John F. Carr on 20 January, 2010 - 4:59pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 March, 2013 - 7:58pm

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