Pedetontus saltator

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Pedetontus saltator
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Archaeognatha
Family: Machilidae
Genus: Pedetontus
Species:
P. saltator
Binomial name
Pedetontus saltator
Wygodzinsky & Schmidt, 1980

Pedetontus saltator, the jumping bristletail, is a species of jumping bristletail in the family Machilidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Pedetontus saltator Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Pedetontus saltator". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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