Petrobius
Appearance
Petrobius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Archaeognatha |
Family: | Machilidae |
Genus: | Petrobius |
Species | |
See text |
Petrobius is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. Many of these primitive insects are restricted to rocky shorelines.
Species
[edit]Species include:
- Petrobius adriaticus
- Petrobius artemisiae
- Petrobius brevistylis
- Petrobius calcaratus
- Petrobius crimeus
- Petrobius maritimus
- Petrobius persquamosus
- Petrobius submutans
- Petrobius superior
References
[edit]- Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe, Michael Chinery 1986 (reprinted 1991) ISBN 0-00-219137-7