Petrobius is a genus of jumping bristletails in the family Machilidae. Many of these ancestral insects are restricted to rocky shorelines[2] especially of northern Europe and America.[3]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[3]

  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. ^ Leach WE (1817) The zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. E. Nodder & Son, London. Vol. 3: i-v; 1-151; pls. 121-150.
  2. ^ Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe, Michael Chinery 1986 (reprinted 1991) ISBN 0-00-219137-7
  3. ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Petrobius Leach, 1809 (retrieved 12 January 2025)
  • Media related to Petrobius at Wikimedia Commons
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrobius
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