Japyx
Encyclopedia
Japyx is a genus of diplurans belonging to the family Japygidae
. These eyeless, predatory
hexapods
largely shun direct sunlight, remaining under stones and among detritus
, where they use pincer-like cerci
to catch their tiny prey.
Japygidae
The japygids are a taxon of hexapods, of the order Diplura. In this family the paired cerci at the end of the abdomen are pincer-like and are used to catch their tiny prey...
. These eyeless, predatory
Predation
In ecology, predation describes a biological interaction where a predator feeds on its prey . Predators may or may not kill their prey prior to feeding on them, but the act of predation always results in the death of its prey and the eventual absorption of the prey's tissue through consumption...
hexapods
Hexapoda
The subphylum Hexapoda constitutes the largest grouping of arthropods and includes the insects as well as three much smaller groups of wingless arthropods: Collembola, Protura, and Diplura . The Collembola are very abundant in terrestrial environments...
largely shun direct sunlight, remaining under stones and among detritus
Detritus (biology)
In biology, detritus is non-living particulate organic material . It typically includes the bodies or fragments of dead organisms as well as fecal material. Detritus is typically colonized by communities of microorganisms which act to decompose the material...
, where they use pincer-like cerci
Cercus
Cerci are paired appendages on the rear-most segments of many arthropods, including insects and arachnids but not crustaceans. Cerci often serve as sensory organs, but they may also be used as weapons or copulation aids, or they may simply be vestigial structures.Typical cerci may appear to be...
to catch their tiny prey.
Species
- Japyx akiyamae (Silvestri, 1928)
- Japyx albanica (Stach, 1922)
- Japyx angulosus (Silvestri, 1918)
- Japyx arnoldii (Ionescu, 1959)
- Japyx barnardi (Silvestri, 1935)
- Japyx beccarii (Silvestri, 1931)
- Japyx beneserratus (Kuwayama, 1928)
- Japyx biangulatus (Silvestri, 1931)
- Japyx bidens (Cook, 1899)
- Japyx biproductus (Silvestri, 1908)
- Japyx bolivari (Silvestri, 1929)
- Japyx brachycerus (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx cavicola (Joseph, 1882)
- Japyx constantinii (Silvestri, 1928)
- Japyx contiguus (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx devius (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx dolinensis (Verhoeff, 1904)
- Japyx doriae (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx dux (Skorikow, 1900)
- Japyx erythraeus (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx evansi (Silvestri, 1931)
- Japyx faucium (Vehoeff, 1923)
- Japyx feae (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx forficularius (Joseph, 1882)
- Japyx froggartti (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx fulleri (Silvestri, 1935)
- Japyx gestri (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx ghilarovi (Ionescu, 1959)
- Japyx giffardi (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx gilli (Silvestri, 1935)
- Japyx girodii (Silvestri, 1928)
- Japyx glauerti (Womersley, 1934)
- Japyx graecus (Verhoeff, 1904)
- Japyx grassii (Verhoeff, 1904)
- Japyx guineensis (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx heymonsi (Silvestri, 1931)
- Japyx hutchinsoni (Silvestri, 1935)
- Japyx inferus Carpenter, 1932
- Japyx insuetus (Pagés, 1983)
- Japyx intercalatus (Silvestri, 1933)
- Japyx ishii (Silvestri, 1928)
- Japyx izmir (Paclt, 1957)
- Japyx japonicus (Enderlein, 1907)
- Japyx javanicus (Cook, 1899)
- Japyx jonicus (Silvestri, 1908)
- Japyx kenyanus (Silvestri, 1918)
- Japyx kosswigi Paclt, 1965
- Japyx kuwanae (Silvestri, 1928)
- Japyx leae (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx liberiensis (Cook, 1899)
- Japyx mallyi (Silvestri, 1935)
- Japyx meridionalis (Silvestri, 1948)
- Japyx michaelseni (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx minutus (Silvestri, 1948)
- Japyx mjoebergi (Silvestri, 1929)
- Japyx nichollsi (Womersley, 1934)
- Japyx nigerianus (Silvestri, 1929)
- Japyx obliquus (Cook, 1899)
- Japyx onkaparinga (Womersley, 1935)
- Japyx papuasicus (Silvestri, 1902)
- Japyx peringueyi (Silvestri, 1935)
- Japyx persequens (Silvestri, 1918)
- Japyx poletii (Silvestri, 1928)
- Japyx proditus (Silvestri, 1918)
- Japyx purcelli (Peringuey, 1902)
- Japyx remyi (Condé & Pagés, 1950)
- Japyx roeweri (Silvestri, 1931)
- Japyx sarbadhikarii (Fernando, 1960)
- Japyx senegalensis (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx serratus (Stach, 1929)
- Japyx sharonii (Verhoeff, 1923)
- Japyx sinuosus (Tuxen, 1930)
- Japyx solifugus Haliday, 1864
- Japyx soulei (Bouvier, 1905)
- Japyx sowerbyi (Silvestri, 1928)
- Japyx subductus (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx subuncifer (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx syriacus (Silvestri, 1911)
- Japyx temperatus (Silvestri, 1930)
- Japyx texanus Hansen, 1930
- Japyx toccii (Silvestri, 1928)
- Japyx tragardhi (Silvestri, 1935)
- Japyx tunisinus (Silvestri, 1902)
- Japyx turcicus Paclt, 1965
- Japyx turneri Ewing, 1941
- Japyx validior (Silvestri, 1931)
- Japyx werneri (Stach, 1929)
- Japyx westraliense (Womersley, 1934)
- Japyx womersleyi (Pagés, 1952)