Editing Diplura (section)

==Ecology==
Diplurans are common in moist [[soil]], [[leaf litter]] or [[humus]],<ref name="NCSU">{{cite web|url=http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/diplura.html|title=Diplura| first = John R. | last =  Meyer | name-list-style = vanc |year=2005|publisher=[[North Carolina State University]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205205314/http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/compendium/diplura.html|archive-date=2012-02-05|access-date=2006-12-13}}</ref> but are rarely seen because of their size and subterranean lifestyles.<ref name="McMaster"/> They have biting [[Arthropod mouthparts|mouthparts]] and feed on a variety of live prey and dead organic matter.<ref name="Massey"/> Those species with long cerci are herbivorous.<ref name="CSIRO"/>

Diplurans are found on nearly all land masses, except Antarctica and several oceanic islands.<ref name=":1" /> Their role as soil-dwelling organisms may play a key role in indicating soil quality, and as a measure of [[Anthropogenic hazard|anthropogenic]] impact (e.g. soil nutrient depletion as a result of farming).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Roy|first=Sharmila | name-list-style = vanc |date=January 2018|title=Soil Arthropods in Maintaining Soil Health: Thrust Areas for Sugarcane Production Systems|journal=Sugar Tech|volume=20|issue=4|pages=376–391|doi=10.1007/s12355-018-0591-5|s2cid=19040885 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Fernandes Correia |first=Maria Elizabeth | name-list-style = vanc |date=2018 |title=Soil fauna changes across Atlantic Forest succession|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=6522470|journal=Comunicata Scientiae|volume=9|issue=2|pages=162–174|via=Dialnet|doi=10.14295/cs.v9i2.2388|doi-access=free}}</ref>