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| + | | Protura (Telsontails) | ||
| None pests, help break down/recycle organic nutrients; | | None pests, help break down/recycle organic nutrients; | ||
| Always moist, usu in the humus & leaf mold of temperate deciduous forests, some live 10” underground; Uncommon; | | Always moist, usu in the humus & leaf mold of temperate deciduous forests, some live 10” underground; Uncommon; | ||
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| proto” – first (original) “ura” – tail;, refers to the lack of advanced or specialized structures at the back of the abdomen | | proto” – first (original) “ura” – tail;, refers to the lack of advanced or specialized structures at the back of the abdomen | ||
| Most primitive hexapods, smallest arthropod class; Discovered by Antonio Sylvestri in 1907 near Syracuse, New York; | | Most primitive hexapods, smallest arthropod class; Discovered by Antonio Sylvestri in 1907 near Syracuse, New York; | ||
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Revision as of 20:35, 23 May 2015
| Taxon Name (common name) | Head | Thorax | Abdomen | Sexual Dimorphism | Life Cycle | Misc Anatomy |
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| Protura (Telsontails) | Entognathous, sucking mouthparts all enclosed within head capsule, consist of thin mandibles & maxillae, use mouthparts to scrape off food particles, which they draw into mouth & mix with saliva; No antennae; No eyes; Head Conical, Pseudoculi (eye shaped organs for smell) present (may be remnants of vestigial antennae); | Wingless; FL used as sensory function, 5 segmented, each leg tipped with a single claw; | 12 Abdominal Segments (newly hatched have 9, each time they molt, one is added), Small ventral styli located on abdominal segments 1-3, Cerci & Abdominal filaments entirely absent; Some lack a tracheal system (All gas exchange occurs through the integument); | Genitalia are internal & the genital opening lies between the eleventh segment & the telson of the adult; | N/A | .6-1.5mm; Unpigmented, most white or ivory; Postanal Telson @ end of cylindrical body; |
| Taxon Name (common name) | Human Impact | Habitat | Diet | Sociality | Explanation of Name | Miscellaneous |
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| Protura (Telsontails) | None pests, help break down/recycle organic nutrients; | Always moist, usu in the humus & leaf mold of temperate deciduous forests, some live 10” underground; Uncommon; | Organic matter released by decay & mycorrhizal fungi, dead Acari, & mushroom powder in culture; Herbivores | N/A | proto” – first (original) “ura” – tail;, refers to the lack of advanced or specialized structures at the back of the abdomen | Most primitive hexapods, smallest arthropod class; Discovered by Antonio Sylvestri in 1907 near Syracuse, New York; |