Maindroniidae
| Maindroniidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Apterygota |
| Order: | Thysanura |
| Family: | Maindroniidae Escherich, 1905 |
| Genus: | Maindronia Bouvier, 1897 |
| Species include | |
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Maindronia beieri | |
Maindroniidae is a very small family of basal insects belonging to the order Thysanura. It contains just a single genus, Maindronia, and a handful of species.
These distinctive insects are strictly coastal, being found along the arid coastline of Peru and Chile among seaweed.
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