Japyx

Japyx
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Order:	Diplura
Family:	Japygidae
Subfamily:	Japyginae
Genus:	Japyx Haliday, 1864
Species
See text
Synonyms
Iapyx Haliday, 1864 (Missp.) Dicellura Haliday, 1864

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.

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 westraliensis (Womersley, 1934)
• Japyx womersleyi (Pagés, 1952)

References

• Chinery, Michael (1986). Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe. London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-219170-9.