Pedetontus saltator Wygodzinsky & Schmidt, 1980 is a animal in the Machilidae family, order Archaeognatha, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pedetontus saltator Wygodzinsky & Schmidt, 1980

Pedetontus saltator is a jumping bristletail species in Machilidae found in North America.

Family

Machilidae

Genus

Pedetontus

Order

Archaeognatha

Class

Insecta

About Pedetontus saltator Wygodzinsky & Schmidt, 1980

Pedetontus saltator, commonly called the jumping bristletail, is a species of jumping bristletail that belongs to the family Machilidae. This species is found in North America.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Archaeognatha › Machilidae › Pedetontus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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