''Japyx'' is a genus of

diplura The order Diplura ("two-pronged bristletails") is one of three orders of non-insect hexapods within the class Entognatha (alongside Collembola (springtails) and Protura). The name "diplura", or "two tails", refers to the characteristic pair of ...

ns belonging to the family

Japygidae thumb The japygids (family Japygidae) are a taxon of hexapods, of the order Diplura, commonly known as forcepstails. In this family, the paired cerci at the end of their abdomens are pincer-like (superficially similar to the unrelated earwig ...

. These eyeless,

predatory Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill t ...

hexapods largely shun direct sunlight, remaining under stones and among

detritus In biology, detritus () is dead particulate organic material, as distinguished from dissolved organic material. Detritus typically includes the bodies or fragments of bodies of dead organisms, and fecal material. Detritus typically hosts commu ...

, where they use pincer-like cerci 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)

References

* Diplura Arthropods of Europe {{Diplura-stub