Other primitive insects
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Discussion
GBS
wrote:
17 Apr 2025
This is a jumping bristletail. It probably belongs to the family Meinertellidae but this ancient insect group has been very poorly studied in Australia.
Meinertellidae (family)
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
26 Jul 2021
Name corrected. The rules for editing names seem to have changed with Aaron's new taxonomy arrangements.
Meinertellidae (family)
KimPullen
wrote:
25 Jul 2021
The correct spelling of the family name is Meinertellidae (my mistake), but I can't seem to be able to change it.
Meinertellidae (family)
WattaWanderer
wrote:
19 Oct 2020
Thanks Kim - very interesting to learn! That makes sense re the difficulty in gauging rareity/population from incidental sightings alone. I will keep my eyes peeled when next in that area.
Meinertellidae (family)
