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    • Class Entognatha (the Pseudo Insects; Diplura & Protura)
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Genus Porrostoma

Porrostoma moerens

Porrostoma rhipidium
 

Porrostoma rufipennis
Lycidae Porrostoma rufipennis

Porrostoma simsoni

Porrostoma sp. 1 (nr. obscuripennis)

Porrostoma atratus
(currently empty)
Porrostoma fuscolineatus
(currently empty)
Porrostoma kingensis
(currently empty)
Porrostoma occidentalis
(currently empty)

Pending ID – Porrostoma
#1. Larvae<
Early February 2016
Sandfly
Found under a rotting log.
Genus identification thanks to Ken Walker, via Bowerbird.
Photos AD
        

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