Dilta
Genus of jumping bristletails
Dilta | |
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Dilta hibernica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Archaeognatha |
Family: | Machilidae |
Genus: | Dilta Strand, 1911 |
Species | |
Dilta altenai |
Dilta is a genus of primitive insects belonging to the family Machilidae. These insects are slender and wingless with dull, often mottled, colouring. They are typically found on the ground in heavily vegetated places. Dilta spp are restricted to western Europe and parts of north Africa.
References
- Chinery, Michael, Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
- McGavin, George C., Insects and Spiders 2004
- Fauna Europaea
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