Atlas japyx atlas (scientific name: Atlas japyx atlas) is an arthropod found in Xiangcheng County, Sichuan Province, the People's Republic of China. It is the only species of the genus Atlas japyx in the family Atlas japyx of the order Dicer. At the time of discovery, it was the largest known dichopod insect in the world at that time. This species belongs to the species of the Diceridae family....