The Proturans (Protura) of South Africa

Compiled by Martin H. Villet

Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa

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CONTENTS

  1. Introduction
  2. Resources
  3. The Families

Introduction

The proturans of South Africa are currently classified into two families. This list of species, along with the details of distributions and the periods of adult activity, are taken from Condé (1955).

Resources

Information about the Protura and their biology can be obtained from

BIOSIS Internet Resource Guide - Protura
Gordon Ramel's Proturan Page
The Protura page of The Tree of Life

Order: PROTURA

Superfamily: Eosentomoidea
Eosentomidae
Superfamily: Acerentomidae
Acerentomidae

This part of A Catalogue of South African Insects revised: