''Afromachilis makungu'' is the only known member of the genus ''Afromachilis'' of the family
Machilidae
The Machilidae are a family of insects belonging to the order Archaeognatha (the bristletails). There are around 250 described species worldwide. These insects are wingless, elongated and more or less cylindrical with a distinctive humped thor ...
, which is from the order
Archaeognatha. It is found in
Katanga, a province of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has one
synonym
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...
, ''Paramachilis makungu''
Wygodzinsky, 1952
References
Archaeognatha
Invertebrates of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Insects described in 1952
Monotypic insect genera
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