Maindroniidae

Maindroniidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Zygentoma
Family:Maindroniidae
Escherich, 1905
Genus:Maindronia
Bouvier, 1897
Species include

Maindroniidae is a very small family of basal insects belonging to the order Thysanura. It contains just a single genus, Maindronia, and a handful of species.

These distinctive insects are strictly coastal, being found along the arid coastline of Peru and Chile among seaweed.

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