Protura from the Tajimagahara wild primrose field
The Tajimagahara wild primrose field stands
in Urawa, Saitama、central Japan.. The wild
primrose (Primuran sieboldii), now became
rare flowers, grow un there, so that there
are protected by the central goverment.
One hundred and fourty-seven proturan specimens
were collected from there. The collection
comprised the following species:.
Family Acerentomidae
Baculentulus tosanus
Nipponenotmon uenoi paucisetosum
Kenyentulus sp.
Family Protentomidae
Neocondeellum (?) sp.
Family Eosentomidae
Eoseontomon udagawai
Eosentomon cf. udagawai
Pseudanisentomon ishiii
. The present proturan fauna was strictly
composed of the typical species which are
representative of the warm-temperate region
in Japan.