PROTURA
(proturans)

PROTURA (proturans) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderPROTURA (proturans)
ClassENTOGNATHA (springtails, proturans and diplurans)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PROTURA (proturans)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.

PROTURA (proturans) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to PROTURA (proturans):

A small group of primitive wingless insects with metamorphosis mainly of increasing number of segments. The tiny insects are found in soil, peat, leaf litter and under stones, bark etc.

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