Machilontus (Protumidolontus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Archaeognatha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Subclassis: Monocondylia Ordo: Archaeognatha

Familia: Meinertellidae
Genus: Machilontus
Subgenus: Machilontus (Protumidolontus)
Species: M. lii

Name

Machilontus (Protumidolontus) Song, Mendes & Huang, 2012: 320

Type species: Machilontus (Protumidolontus) lii

Etymology: The new subgenus name is from the Latin “Protumidus”, which means the prominent frons in males. The termination “lontus” is after the suffi x of Machilontus Silvestri, 1912.

References

• Zhi-Shun Song, Luis F. Mendes and Fu-Sheng Huang. 2012: Review of Microcoryphia fauna from Vietnam, with new subgenus, new species of Machilontus Silvestri (Machiloidea: Meinertellidae), and new data for sexual dimorphism in the order. Raffles bulletin of zoology, 60(2): 313–327. PDF.