Petrobius

Taxobox
name = "Petrobius"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Apterygota
ordo = Archaeognatha
familia = Machilidae
genus = "Petrobius"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =See text

"Petrobius" is a genus of jumping bristletails (family Machilidae). Many of these primitive insects are restricted to rocky shorelines.

pecies

Species include:
*"Petrobius adriaticus"
*"Petrobius artemisiae"
*"Petrobius brevistylis"
*"Petrobius calcaratus"
*"Petrobius crimeus"
*"Petrobius maritimus"
*"Petrobius persquamosus"
*"Petrobius submutans"
*"Petrobius superior"

References

*Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe, Michael Chinery 1986 (reprinted 1991) ISBN 0-00-219137-7