Common names:
campodeids, japygids, diplurans
Probability of
encounter: low
Quarantine importance:
no known importance.
Similarity to mites:
none other than small size. Japygids and their relatives may be confused with earwigs (Insecta,
Dermaptera) and campodeids could be confused
with silverfish (Insecta, Thysanura).
Morphology-
Normal adult length: 3-28 mm
Body tagmata: head, thorax, abdomen
Eyes: absent
Antennae: many segmented, moniliform, often with trichobothria on some
segments
Mouthparts: entognathous, mandibles (sometimes with pectinate lamellae);
maxillae; maxillary palps; labial palps vestigial
Legs: 3 thoracic pairs
Respiration: thoracic and abdominal spiracles
Distinguishing features: long moniliform antennae; long, many segmented
pair of cerci or single-segmented pincer-like cerci; eyes absent
Diversity: ca.
800 species in 7-9 families.
References
North Carolina State University – Taxonomic Index of Resources – Diplura
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/agnic/sys_entomology/taxon/diplura/index.html
Tree of Life – Diplura
http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Diplura&contgroup=Hexapoda
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Smith, LM. 1960. The family Projapygidae and Anajapygidae (Diplura) in North
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Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive Insects of South Australia. Adelaide:
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