Pedetontus
Genus of jumping bristletails
| Pedetontus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Archaeognatha |
| Family: | Machilidae |
| Subfamily: | Petrobiinae |
| Genus: | Pedetontus Silvestri, 1911 |
Pedetontus is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. There are about 10 described species in Pedetontus.[1][2][3]
Species
- Pedetontus calcaratus (Silvestri, 1911)
- Pedetontus californicus (Silvestri, 1911)
- Pedetontus gershneri Allen, 1995
- Pedetontus palaearcticus Silvestri, 1925
- Pedetontus persquamosus (Silvestri, 1911)
- Pedetontus saltator Wygodzinsky & Schmidt, 1980 (jumping bristletail)
- Pedetontus schicki Sturm, 2001
- Pedetontus submutans (Silvestri, 1911)
- Pedetontus superior (Silvestri, 1911)
- Pedetontus yosemite Sturm, 2001
References
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
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