Lepidotrichidae
Lepidotrichidae is a family of basal insects belonging to the order Zygentoma. 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]
| Lepidotrichidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Zygentoma |
| Family: | Lepidotrichidae Silvestri, 1912 |
| Genera | |
References
- Engel, Michael 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 20476277.
External links
- Lepidotrichidae. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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