Japygoidea Explained

Dicellurata is a suborder of two-pronged bristletails in the order Diplura. There are at least 4 families and more than 170 described species in Dicellurata. Japygoidea is the only superfamily in the suborder.

Families

These four families belong to the suborder Dicellurata:

• Dinjapygidae Womersley, 1939
• Heterojapygidae
• Japygidae Lubbock, 1873 (forcepstails)
• Parajapygidae Womersley, 1939

Further reading

• A synopsis of the Diplura of North America: Keys to higher taxa, systematics, distributions and descriptions of new taxa (Arthropoda: Insecta). 2002. Allen . Robert T.. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 128. 4. 403–466. 0002-8320. 25078790.