Gordon's Diplura Page  Diplura or two pronged bristle-tails (from diplos double and oura a tail) are another group of soil and leaf-litter insects of ancient origin, they are mostly small (the largest being about 5cm long often white in colour and occur all...

Diplura  Greek words diplo meaning two and ura meaning tails, refers to the large cerci at the rear of the abdomen. Classification Life History Ecology Distribution Physical Features Economic Importance Major Families Fact File Hot Links Life History Ecology: These small,...

ecowatch_diplura  Like many of the entognathous hexapods, most diplurans are very small and usually less than 5 millimetres in length. Some species however are known to grow up to 50 millimetres. Some diplurans especially the larger species are sometime mistaken for...

Nomina Diplura  Metriocampa petrunkevitchi Silvestri 1933 (Metriocampa) Metriocampa remingtoni Conde and Geeraert 1962 (Metriocampa) Metriocampa rileyi Silvestri 1933 (Metriocampa) Metriocampa vandykei Silvestri 1933 (Metriocampa) Plusiocampa Silvestri 1912 Plusiocampa cookei Packard 1871 (Campodea) Podocampa Silvestri 1932 Podocampa bottimeri Conde and Geeraert 1962 (Podocampa)...

Checklist: South African Diplurans (Diplura)  Copyright of this page belongs to the author. Yours is the access since 1st January 2000 CONTENTS Introduction Resources The Families Introduction The diplurans of South Africa are currently classified into two families. The list of species, the distributions and...

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