Japygoidea
Superfamily of arthropods
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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.[1][2] Japygoidea is the only superfamily in the suborder.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Entognatha |
| Order: | Diplura |
| Suborder: | Dicellurata Cook, 1896 |
| Superfamily: | Japygoidea Lubbock, 1873 |
Families
These four families belong to the suborder Dicellurata:
- Dinjapygidae Womersley, 1939
- Heterojapygidae
- Japygidae Lubbock, 1873 (forcepstails)
- Parajapygidae Womersley, 1939
Characteristic cerci of Japygoidea
