- Maindroniidae
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Maindroniidae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Apterygota Order: Thysanura Family: Maindroniidae
Escherich, 1905Genus: Maindronia
Bouvier, 1897Species include Maindronia beieri
Maindronia neotropicalisMaindroniidae is a very small family of basal insects belonging to the order Thysanura. It contains just a single genus, Maindronia, and a handful of species.
These distinctive insects are strictly coastal, being found along the arid coastline of Peru and Chile among seaweed.
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