Family EOSENTOMIDAE
Compiler and date details
W.W.K. Houston, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Introduction
The Eosentomidae is a large, cosmopolitan family. The body form is elongate and the mouth-parts are fairly broad and sturdy. Lacinia of maxillae are hook-shaped. Tracheae and thoracic spiracles are present or, rarely, reduced.
The family erected by Berlese (1909), is represented in Australia by two genera and nine species, six of which are endemic.
General References
Berlese, A. 1909. Monografia dei Myrientomata. Parte I. Sistematica e mofologia esterna. Redia. Giornale di entomologia, Firenze 6: 1-182