Microcoryphia6 species

Family Jumping Bristletails (Machilidae)

Machilidae is a family in the order Microcoryphia. Browse 6 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Machilidae (6)

Pedetontus (s.str.) saltator

Pedetontus saltator

member of the nominate subgenus (5 spp. in our area, all but one in CA-OR)

Trigoniophthalmus alternatus

Identification: In ne. US, this is the only species with small, nearly triangular lateral ocelli. North American population is parthenogenetic

Petridiobius arcticus

Western Sea Bristletail

Petrobius brevistylis

Petrobius brevistylus

Shore Bristletail

Petrobius maritimus