Allopsontus

Allopsontus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Apterygota
Order: Archaeognatha
Family: Machilidae
Genus: Allopsontus
Silvestri, 1911

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.[1]

Species[2]

References

  1. Resh, Vincent H.; Cardé, Ring T., eds. (2009). Encyclopedia of Insects (2nd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press. p. 50. ISBN 9780080920900.
  2. "Allopsontus". gbif.org. Retrieved 24 Jun 2014.
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