Archaeognatha

R. G. Beutel & S. N. Gorb, 2001, Ultrastructure of attachment specializations of hexapods (Arthropoda): evolutionary patterns inferred from a revised ordinal phylogeny, J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 39, pp. 177-207 : 179

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0469.2001.00155.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6279443
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scientific name	Archaeognatha
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4 Archaeognatha View in CoL

The tarsus is three or rarely twosegmented ( Watson and Smith 1991). A welldefined, segmentlike pretarsus is not developed in archaeognathans and all following groups. The reduced pretarsus bears two simple claws. A median claw or empodium is not developed.

References

Smith, G. B.; Watson, J. A. L., 1991: Thysanura Zygentoma (Silverfish). In: CSIRO (ed.), Insects of Australia, Vol. 1. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, pp. 275 - 278.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Archaeognatha

Specimens