Protura

Description

Proturans, commonly nicknamed "coneheads", are an order within the animal kingdom that reside in soil environments. These organisms are very small; either microscopic or barely visible to the naked eye. Proturans are a type of hexapod (six legs), but they are not considered to be true insects. [1].

Taxonomic Ranks

Domain:	Eukaryotes|Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animals|Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Order:	Protura
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References

[1] Tipping, C. 2004. Proturans (Protura). Encyclopedia of Entomology:1842–1843.

[2] Retrieved [May 6, 2023], from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) on-line database, www.itis.gov, CC0 https://doi.org/10.5066/F7KH0KBK

[3] Galli, L., J. Shrubovych, Y. Bu, and M. Zinni. 2018. Genera of the Protura of the world: Diagnosis, distribution, and key. ZooKeys 772:1–45.

[4] Tihelka, E., C. Cai, M. Giacomelli, J. Lozano-Fernandez, O. Rota-Stabelli, D. Huang, M. S. Engel, P. C. J. Donoghue, and D. Pisani. 2021. The evolution of Insect Biodiversity. Current Biology 31.

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