Rock Bristletails
Meinertellidae
The Meinertellidae are a small family of basal insects belonging to the order Archaeognatha. They are sometimes known as rock bristletails. These insects can be distinguished from members of the other Archaeognatha family, Machilidae, by the lack of scales at the base of the legs and antennae.
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Machilinus
genusMachilinus
Machiloides
genusMachiloides
Nesomachilis
genusNesomachilis
Neomachilellus
genusNeomachilellus
Meinertellus
genusMeinertellus
Hypomachilodes
genusHypomachilodes
Allomachilis
genusAllomachilis
Machilellus
genusMachilellus
Hypomachiloides
genusHypomachiloides
Praemachilellus
genusPraemachilellus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 245396.