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Allopsontus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Order
  
Archaeognatha

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Subclass
  
Apterygota

Family
  
Machilidae

Similar
  
Trigoniophthalmus, Petrobius brevistylis, Petrobius, Meinertellidae, Machilidae

Allopsontus is a genus of the family Machilidae which belongs to the insect order Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails). Certain species in this genus have been found as high as 5 kilometres above sea level on the Himalayas.

Species

  • Allopsontus annandalei Silvestri, 1911
  • Allopsontus armenicus Mendes, 1983
  • Allopsontus davydovae Kaplin, 1987
  • Allopsontus europaeus Kaplin, 1983
  • Allopsontus kerzhneri Kaplin, 1982
  • Allopsontus lineatus Kaplin, 2002
  • Allopsontus oubehi Bitsch, 1968
  • Allopsontus schmidi Wygodzinsky, 1974
  • Allopsontus spinosissimus Mendes, 1981
  • Allopsontus swani Wygodzinsky, 1974
  • Allopsontus tianshanicus Kaplin, 1982
  • Allopsontus tuxeni Wygodzinsky, 1950
  • Allopsontus wygodzinskyi Bitsch, 1968

    • References

    Allopsontus Wikipedia
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