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GBS
wrote:
16 May 2025
The species is certainly a jumping bristletail (Archaeognatha) and probably belonging to the family most common in Australia (Meinertellidae) but I am not at all confident that it is Machiloides granulatus (unless it was photogrpahed at the type locality). It could also be a species of Nesomachilis. The Australian bristletail fauna is very poorly known. Machiloides granulatus has only been collected once (south of Mudgee) as far as I know. Unfortunately we have nobody in Australia working on this order and overseas expertise is also very limited.
It would be safer to identify it simply to order rather than guessing the family, genus or species.
It would be safer to identify it simply to order rather than guessing the family, genus or species.
Machiloides granulatus
KimberiRP
wrote:
15 May 2025
Machiloides granulatus (Archaeognatha: Meinertellidae)
Machiloides granulatus
GBS
wrote:
17 Apr 2025
It appears to be a species of Heterolepisma, probably H. highlandi which I have collected several times around, but not within the ACT. Please note that the genus name is likely to change within the next few months due to molecular studies of some South American Heterolepisma species.
Heterolepisma sp. (genus)
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