Family ONYCHIURIDAE
Compiler and date details
Penelope Greenslade, School of Botany and Zoology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Introduction
This is a small family in Australia, although one is without described species here. It has its greatest diversity in the northern hemisphere and probably all Australian species are introduced. Australia has 3 genera and 6 species and subspecies, but there are undescribed species. All forms are soil-dwelling.
Diagnosis
Characterised by: thorax I setose, mandibular plate present, pseudoocelli present, ocelli and pigment usually absent, antenna III organ complex, with enlarged sensory papillae and rods.
General References
Stach, J. 1954. The Apterygotan fauna of Poland in relation to the world-fauna of this group of insects. Family: Onchyiuridae. Cracow : Pol. Akad. Nauk Pt 5 219 pp. 27 pls