Petrobius brevistylis Carpenter, 1913, (a three-pronged bristle tail)

13 Sep 2003 at OSGR: SW87 in West Cornwall, England

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Record Summary	in outdoor store on side of house
Found as	Living animal
Date	13 September 2003
OS grid ref	OSGR: SW87
Lat/Lon	50° 30’ N, 4° 60’ W
Vice County	West Cornwall, VC no: 1
Country	England
Voucher	13 Sep 2003[A] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)

Notes: subcoxae 8 of male not produced into rounded lobes

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Delaney, M.J., 1954. Thysanura and Diplura. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, I Part 2, 7pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds), 1996. Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe, reprint with minor corrections, 800pp, Oxford University Press

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Petrobius brevistylis Carpenter, 1913, (a three-pronged bristle tail)

13 Sep 2003 at OSGR: SW87 in West Cornwall, England

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