Ma. Muegge et Ce. Carlton, NEW RECORDS OF JAPYGOIDEA (HEXAPODA, DIPLURA) FROM LOUISIANA, WITH NOTES ON BEHAVIOR, Entomological news, 109(3), 1998, pp. 177-182
Previous published records of the hexapod order Diplura from Louisiana
have documented one species. We provide collection data for seven spe
cies of Japygoidea: five within Japygidae and two within Parajapygidae
. Two genera and four species of Louisiana Japygidae are undescribed.
Members of Japygidae are saprophagous and predatory in feeding behavio
r. Cerci were not used during any observations of prey capture, but we
re employed defensively as pincers.