Lepidotrichidae
| Lepidotrichidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Apterygota |
| Order: | Thysanura |
| Family: | Lepidotrichidae Silvestri, 1912 |
| Genera | |
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Lepidotrix | |
Lepidotrichidae is a family of basal insects belonging to the order Thysanura. The family is considered to contain two genera: the extinct Lepidotrix, known from specimens preserved in Baltic amber, and the extant Tricholepidion, which contains a single species, Tricholepidion gertschi. This species is an example of a living fossil, the one remaining member of a clade which was once widespread. Recent research has suggested the extant species should be assigned to its own family, Tricholepidiidae.[1]
References
- ↑ Engel, M. S. (2006). A note on the relic silverfish Tricholepidion gertschi (Zygentoma). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-) 109(3-4) 236-38.
External links
- Lepidotrichidae. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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