Primitive hexapods that are closely related to insects and have long, moniliform antennae and filiform or forceps-like cerci.
The Western Australian subterranean fauna of diplurans with respect to environmental assessments for mining projects was reviewed by Koch (2009).
Paired cerci are pincer-like (superficially similar to the unrelated earwigs).
1 species
Projapygidae are characterised by bearing two short but pluriarticulated cerci.
3 species
Koch M (2009): Biodiversity of the two-pronged bristletails (Diplura) in Western Australia as revealed from recent mining projects. Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, 9 pp., Bonn.