Biology:Petrobius

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Petrobius is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. Many of these ancestral insects are restricted to rocky shorelines[1] especially of northern Europe and America.[2]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]

  1. Petrobius adriaticus Verhoeff, 1910
  2. Petrobius artemisiae Mendes, 1980
  3. Petrobius brevistylis Carpenter, 1913
  4. Petrobius canadensis Paclt, 1969
  5. Petrobius crimeus Kaplin, 1983
  6. Petrobius imbricatus Koch & Berendt, 1854
  7. Petrobius lohmanderi Agrell, 1944
  8. Petrobius maritimus (Leach, 1809)
  9. Petrobius montanus Kaplin, 2021
  10. Petrobius ponticus Wygodzinsky, 1959

References

  1. Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe, Michael Chinery 1986 (reprinted 1991) ISBN 0-00-219137-7
  2. 2.0 2.1 Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Petrobius Leach, 1809 (retrieved 12 January 2025)

Wikidata ☰ Q1234023 entry