Protura
Description
Proturans, commonly nicknamed "coneheads", are a type of hexapod that resides in soil environments. These organisms are very small; either microscopic or barely visible to the naked eye. Proturans, despite having six legs, are not considered to be true insects. Instead, they are a unique order within the animal kingdom believed to be a sister group to collembola, but may be considered their own separate class. [1].
Taxonomy
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Order: | Protura |
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Ecology
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Anatomy
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References
[1] Tipping, C. 2004. Proturans (Protura). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer, Dordrecht:1842–1843. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48380-7_3467
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[3] Retrieved May 6, 2023, from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) on-line database, www.itis.gov, CC0 https://doi.org/10.5066/F7KH0KBK
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[5] 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.
[6] "Festival of Proturans Part II poss. Acerentomon sp." by Andy Murray is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
[7] 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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[9] "protura_flickr" by Frost Museum is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0