Zygentoma

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Ordo: Zygentoma
Subordines (2): Archizygentoma – Neozygentoma
[source: Engel (2006: 238, table 1)]

Overview of familiae (6)

Ateluridae – Lepismatidae – Maindroniidae – Nicoletiidae – Tricholepidiidae – †Lepidotrichidae
[source: Engel (2006: 238, table 1)]

Name

Zygentoma Börner, 1904

References

Primary references

Börner, C. 1904. Zur Systematik der Hexapoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 27: 511–533. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Engel, M.S. 2006. A note on the relic silverfish Tricholepidion gertschi (Zygentoma). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 109(3/4): 236–238. DOI: 10.1660/0022-8443(2006)109[236:ANOTRS]2.0.CO;2 . JSTOR .
Eusébio, R., Sendra, A., Enghoff, H. & Reboleira, A.S.P.S. 2018. Catalogue of the type material in the entomological collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark: basal hexapods. Zootaxa 4457(2): 201–236. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Jana, D., Hazra, A.K., Mazumdar, A. & Mandal, G.P. 2024. An updated checklist of Indian silverfish fauna (Insecta: Zygentoma). Oriental Insects 58(4): 632–644. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2024.2349906 . Reference page.
Koch, M. 2003: Towards a phylogenetic system of the Zygentoma. pp. 122–125 in: Klass, K.D. (ed.): Proceedings of the 1st Dresden meeting on insect phylogeny: "Phylogenetic relationships within the insect orders" (Dresden, September 19–21, 2003). Entomologische Abhandlungen, 61(2): 119–172. PDF
Mendes, L.F. 2002. New species and new data on Protrinemuridae and Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma) from Eastern Asia and Pacific Islands. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 38(4): 399–433. Gallica.
Paclt, J. 1967. Thysanura, Fam. Lepidotrichidae, Maindroniidae, Lepismatidae. Genera Insectorum 218: 1–86. BHL. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Fischli
български: Тизанури
čeština: Šupinušky; Rybenky
dansk: Sølvkræ
Deutsch: Fischchen
English: silverfish and firebrats
eesti: Harjashännalised
Nordfriisk: Glüpern
français: poisson d'argent
magyar: Sertefarkúak, pikkelykék
íslenska: Kögurskottur
日本語: シミ目
한국어: 좀목 (총미목)
lietuvių: Šeriauodegiai
Nederlands: Franjestaarten
norsk: Børstehaler
polski: Rybiki
português do Brasil: Traças-de-livros
português: Lepismas
русский: Щетинохвостки
slovenščina: Ščetinorepke
中文: 衣鱼目

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