Diplurans facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Diplurans Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous to present

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Entognatha
Order:	Diplura

The Diplura are a biological order. It is one of the four groups of hexapods, with insects, springtails and Protura.

The Dipleura are sometimes called "two-pronged bristletails". About 800 species have been described, of which around 70 occur in North America, 12 in Great Britain and two in Australia.

Images for kids

A dipluran of the family Campodeidae
Anatomy of Campodea (Campodeidae) and Japyx (Japygidae)

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