Dilta

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Apterygota Order: Archaeognatha Family: Machilidae Genus: Dilta Strand, 1911
Species include
Dilta altenai Dilta bitschi Dilta chateri Dilta concolor Dilta denisi Dilta femina Dilta geresiana Dilta heteropalpa Dilta hibernica Dilta insulicola Dilta isomorpha Dilta italica Dilta littoralis Dilta lundbladi Dilta machadoi Dilta maderiensis Dilta minuta Dilta saxicola Dilta similis Dilta spinulopalpa Dilta spinulosa

Dilta is a genus of primitive insects belonging to the family Machilidae. These insects are slender and wingless with dull, often mottled, colouring. They are typically found on the ground in heavily vegetated places. Dilta spp are restricted to western Europe and parts of north Africa.

[edit] References

• Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
• McGavin, George C. Insects and Spiders 2004
• Fauna Europaea