| Eosentomidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Order: | Protura |
| Suborder: | Eosentomata |
| Family: | Eosentomidae Berlese, 1909 |
The Eosentomidae are a family of hexapods in the order Protura. [1] They are tracheated, unlike the Acerentomidae.
These genera are members of the family Eosentomidae. [2]
The Protura, or proturans, and sometimes nicknamed coneheads, are very small, soil-dwelling animals, so inconspicuous they were not noticed until the 20th century. The Protura constitute an order of hexapods that were previously regarded as insects, and sometimes treated as a class in their own right.
The Entognatha are a class of wingless and ametabolous arthropods, which, together with the insects, makes up the subphylum Hexapoda. Their mouthparts are entognathous, meaning that they are retracted within the head, unlike the insects. Entognatha are apterous, meaning that they lack wings. The class contains three orders: Collembola, Diplura and Protura. These three groups were historically united with the now-obsolete order Thysanura to form the class Apterygota, but it has since been recognized that the hexapodous condition of these animals has evolved independently from that of insects, and independently within each order. The orders might not be closely related, and Entognatha is now considered to be a paraphyletic group.
The Acerentomidae are a family of hexapods in the order Protura. Acerentomids are not tracheated, and instead use cuticular gas exchange.
Acerentuloides is a genus of proturans in the family Acerentomidae, found in North America.
Baculentulus is a genus of proturans in the family Acerentomidae.
Huhentomon is a genus of proturans in the family Hesperentomidae found in China and Japan. There is one species in this genus, Huhentomon plicatunguis.
Ionescuellum is a genus of proturans in the family Hesperentomidae, found in Europe.
The Protentomidae are a family of hexapods in the order Protura.
Condeellum is a genus of proturans in the family Protentomidae, found in Subtropical China, Pacific Islands, Tropical Asia, and the island of Réunion.
Neocondeellum is a genus of proturans in the family Protentomidae, found in China, Japan, and North America.
Paracondeellum is a genus of proturans in the family Protentomidae, found in China.
Proturentomon is a genus of proturans in the family Protentomidae, found in the Holarctic.
Antelientomon is a genus of hexapods in the order Protura, and the only genus in the family Antelientomidae. It contains three species.
Anisentomon is a genus of proturans in the family Eosentomidae.
Eosentomon is a genus of proturans in the family Eosentomidae.
Neanisentomon is a genus of proturans in the family Eosentomidae.
Paranisentomon is a genus of proturans in the family Eosentomidae.
Pseudanisentomon is a genus of proturans in the family Eosentomidae. It was described by Zhang and Yin in 1984.
Fujientomon is a genus of hexapods in the order Protura, placed in its own family, Fujientomidae. It contains two species found in China and Japan.
Sinentomon is the only genus in the family Sinentomidae, in the hexapod order Protura. It contains three species found in China, Japan, and North Korea.
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