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Dilta

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Dilta
Dilta hibernica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Archaeognatha
Family: Machilidae
Genus: Dilta
Strand, 1911
Species

Dilta altenai
Dilta bitschi
Dilta chateri
Dilta concolor
Dilta denisi
Dilta femina
Dilta geresiana
Dilta heteropalpa
Dilta hibernica
Dilta insulicola
Dilta isomorpha
Dilta italica
Dilta littoralis
Dilta lundbladi
Dilta machadoi
Dilta maderiensis
Dilta minuta
Dilta saxicola
Dilta similis
Dilta spinulopalpa
Dilta spinulosa

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

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  • Chinery, Michael, Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
  • McGavin, George C., Insects and Spiders 2004
  • Fauna Europaea