Petrobius
| Petrobius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Archaeognatha |
| Family: | Machilidae |
| Genus: | Petrobius Leach, 1809[1] |
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Halomachilis Verhoeff, 1912 | |
Petrobius is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. Many of these ancestral insects are restricted to rocky shorelines[2] especially of northern Europe and America.[3]
Species
[edit]The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[3]
- Petrobius adriaticus Verhoeff, 1910
- Petrobius artemisiae Mendes, 1980
- Petrobius brevistylis Carpenter, 1913
- Petrobius canadensis Paclt, 1969
- Petrobius crimeus Kaplin, 1983
- Petrobius imbricatus Koch & Berendt, 1854
- Petrobius lohmanderi Agrell, 1944
- Petrobius maritimus (Leach, 1809)
- Petrobius montanus Kaplin, 2021
- Petrobius ponticus Wygodzinsky, 1959
References
[edit]- ^ Leach WE (1817) The zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. E. Nodder & Son, London. Vol. 3: i-v; 1-151; pls. 121-150.
- ^ Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe, Michael Chinery 1986 (reprinted 1991) ISBN 0-00-219137-7
- ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Petrobius Leach, 1809 (retrieved 12 January 2025)
External links
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Media related to Petrobius at Wikimedia Commons
