Family PARAJAPYGIDAE
Compiler and date details
W.W.K. Houston, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Introduction
The subfamily Parajapyginae was erected by Womersley (1939) and raised to family level by Pagés (1959). Two species have been described from Australia.
Australian members of this family are 3–5 mm in length; cerci are reduced to a pair of 1-segmented, pigmented forceps; the thorax has two pairs of spiracles and the abdomen seven; and the antennae lack trichobothria.
General References
Pagés, J. 1959. Remarques sur la classification des Diploures. Travaux du Laboratoire de Zoologie et de la Station Aquicole Grimaldi de la Faculté des Sciences de Dijon 26: 1-25 figs 1-2
Womersley, H. 1939. Diplura. pp. 45-77 in Womersley, H. (ed.). Primitive Insects of South Australia. Silverfish, springtails and their allies. Adelaide : Frank Trigg, Government Printer