''Allopsontus'' is a genus of the
family
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Machilidae
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which belongs to the insect order
Archaeognatha
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(jumping bristletails). Certain species in this genus have been found as high as 5 kilometres above sea level on the
Himalayas
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.
Species
*''Allopsontus annandalei''
Silvestri, 1911
*''Allopsontus armenicus''
Mendes, 1983
*''Allopsontus davydovae''
Kaplin, 1987
*''Allopsontus europaeus''
Kaplin, 1983
*''Allopsontus kerzhneri''
Kaplin, 1982
*''Allopsontus lineatus''
Kaplin, 2002
*''Allopsontus oubehi''
Bitsch, 1968
*''Allopsontus schmidi''
Wygodzinsky, 1974
*''Allopsontus spinosissimus''
Mendes, 1981
*''Allopsontus swani''
Wygodzinsky, 1974
*''Allopsontus tianshanicus''
Kaplin, 1982
*''Allopsontus tuxeni''
Wygodzinsky, 1950
*''Allopsontus wygodzinskyi''
Bitsch, 1968
References
Archaeognatha
Fauna of the Himalayas
Taxa named by Filippo Silvestri
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