''Catamachilis'' is a genus of the family
Machilidae
The Machilidae are a family of insects belonging to the order Archaeognatha (the bristletails). There are around 450 described species worldwide. These insects are wingless, elongated and more or less cylindrical with a distinctive humped thorax ...
which belongs to the insect order
Archaeognatha
The Archaeognatha are an order of apterygotes, known by various common names such as jumping bristletails. Among extant insect taxa they are some of the most evolutionarily primitive; they appeared in the Middle Devonian period at about the sa ...
(jumping bristletails). They mostly occur in
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
.
Accepted species
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Catamachilis amara''
Janetschek, 1954
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Catamachilis ancorata''
Stach, 1930
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Catamachilis clipeata''
Stach, 1930
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Catamachilis constricta''
(Navas, 1905)
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Catamachilis franzi''
Janetschek, 1954
References
Archaeognatha
Insects of Europe
Taxa named by Filippo Silvestri
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