''Pedetontus'' is a genus of
jumping bristletail
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 ...
s in 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 thorax ...
. There are about 10 described species in ''Pedetontus''.
Species
* ''
Pedetontus calcaratus
''Pedetontus'' is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. There are about 10 described species in ''Pedetontus''.
Species
* '' Pedetontus calcaratus'' (Silvestri, 1911)
* '' Pedetontus californicus'' (Silvestri, 1911)
* '' Pedet ...
''
(Silvestri, 1911)
* ''
Pedetontus californicus
''Pedetontus'' is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. There are about 10 described species in ''Pedetontus''.
Species
* ''Pedetontus calcaratus'' (Silvestri, 1911)
* '' Pedetontus californicus'' (Silvestri, 1911)
* '' Pedeto ...
''
(Silvestri, 1911)
* ''
Pedetontus gershneri
''Pedetontus'' is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. There are about 10 described species in ''Pedetontus''.
Species
* ''Pedetontus calcaratus'' (Silvestri, 1911)
* ''Pedetontus californicus'' (Silvestri, 1911)
* '' Pedeton ...
''
Allen, 1995
* ''
Pedetontus palaearcticus
''Pedetontus'' is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. There are about 10 described species in ''Pedetontus''.
Species
* ''Pedetontus calcaratus'' (Silvestri, 1911)
* ''Pedetontus californicus'' (Silvestri, 1911)
* ''Pedetont ...
''
Silvestri, 1925
* ''
Pedetontus persquamosus
''Pedetontus'' is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. There are about 10 described species in ''Pedetontus''.
Species
* ''Pedetontus calcaratus'' (Silvestri, 1911)
* ''Pedetontus californicus'' (Silvestri, 1911)
* ''Pedetont ...
''
(Silvestri, 1911)
* ''
Pedetontus saltator
''Pedetontus saltator'', the jumping bristletail, is a species of jumping bristletail in the family Machilidae
The Machilidae are a family of insects belonging to the order Archaeognatha (the bristletails). There are around 250 described speci ...
''
Wygodzinsky & Schmidt, 1980 (jumping bristletail)
* ''
Pedetontus schicki
''Pedetontus'' is a genus of jumping bristletails in 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 wingl ...
''
Sturm, 2001
* ''
Pedetontus submutans
''Pedetontus submutans'' is a species of jumping bristletail in 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 insec ...
''
(Silvestri, 1911)
* ''
Pedetontus superior''
(Silvestri, 1911)
* ''
Pedetontus yosemite''
Sturm, 2001
References
Further reading
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insect genera
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