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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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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Machilidae
- Collections
- MZLU
- Recorded in
- Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Machilidae
- Image
- Petrobius maritimus 2010-06-02.jpg
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- taxon name
- Petrobius
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- Category: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 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
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