Diplura

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.6279441
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scientific name	Diplura
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3 Diplura ( Grassé 1949; Condé and Pagés 1991)

Presence of an empodial median claw and of a pair of larger, lateral claws is probably a groundplan feature of the order. This condition is found in Anajapyx and Lepidocampa species. The median claw is lost in all other diplurans.

References

Conde, B.; Pages, J., 1991: Diplura. In: CSIRO (ed.), The Insects of Australia, Vol. 1. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, pp. 269 - 271.

Grasse, P. - P., 1949: Traite de Zoologie. Anatomie, Systematique, Biologie. Tome IX. Insectes: Paleontologie, Geonemie, Apterygotes, Ephemeropteres, Odonapteres, Battopteroides, Orthopteroides, Dermapteroides, Coleoteres. Paris: Masson.