Machilis macrura Menge 1854 (jumping bristletail)

Insecta - Archaeognatha - Machilidae

Alternative combination: Petrobius macrura

Full reference: A. Menge. 1854. Footnotes and taxonomic names, in Die im Bernstein befindlichen Crustaceen, Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt. Die in Bernstein Befindlichen Organischen Reste der Vorwelt Gesammelt in Verbindung mit Mehreren Bearbeitetet und Herausgegeben 1(2):1-124

Belongs to Machilis according to F. Silvestri 1912

See also Handlirsch 1907 and Menge 1854

Sister taxa: Machilis acuminata, Machilis albomaculata, Machilis anableps, Machilis anguea, Machilis boops, Machilis caestifera, Machilis capito, Machilis cincta, Machilis corusca, Machilis diastatica, Machilis electa, Machilis exilis, Machilis exophthalmos, Machilis fasciola, Machilis longipalpis, Machilis microphthalmos, Machilis palaemon, Machilis polypoda, Machilis saliens, Machilis shiobarensis, Machilis signata, Machilis succini, Machilis zebrina, Petrobius confinis, Petrobius seticornis

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Poland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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