Petrobius Leach, 1809
(a genus of bristletails)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Petrobius brevistylis
a three-pronged bristle tail
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 23 images
Petrobius maritimus
Sea Bristletail
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 5 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPetrobius (a genus of bristletails)
FamilyMACHILIDAE (bristle-tails)
OrderARCHAEOGNATHA (bristletails)
SubclassAPTERYGOTA (bristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects))
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Petrobius (a genus of bristletails) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Petrobius (a genus of bristletails)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Petrobius (a genus of bristletails)

Two similar species. P. maritimus is said to be the commoner on sheet rock, P. brevistylis where the cracks are close together.

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)