Order Diplura

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Order Diplura
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Diplura (head)
labial palp

• antennae present
• eyes absent
• ocelli absent
• palps vestigial or absent
• mandibles monocondylic

antenna
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Diplura (thorax)

• wings absent
• legs gressorial
• tarsus 1-segmented
• spiracles present

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Diplura (abdomen)

• 10-segmented
• cerci present
• spiracles present or absent
• median caudal filament absent

• styli present
• exsertile vesicles often present

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Diplura (biology/ecology)
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Diplura (fauna)

• World Fauna
• 9 families
• ca. 800 species
• North American Fauna
• 5 families
• Campodeidae
• Procampodeidae
• Anajapygidae
• Japygidae (lab)
• Parajapygidae
• ca. 65 species

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Order Diplura
FINIS
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Order Diplura
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