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Petrobius
Sign in to savePetrobius is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. Many of these ancestral insects are restricted to rocky shorelines especially of northern Europe and America.
Species
Western Sea Bristletail
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderArchaeognatha
- FamilyMachilidae
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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 especially of northern Europe and America.
==Species== The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists: Petrobius adriaticus Petrobius artemisiae Petrobius brevistylis Petrobius canadensis Petrobius crimeus Petrobius imbricatus Petrobius lohmanderi Petrobius maritimus Petrobius montanus Petrobius ponticus