Petrobius

Petrobius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Archaeognatha
Family: Machilidae
Genus: Petrobius
Leach, 1809[1]
Synonyms

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe, Michael Chinery 1986 (reprinted 1991) ISBN 0-00-219137-7
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference GBIF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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