Machilida (Grassi 1888 stat. nov. Zhang et al. 2018)
Machilidae
Meinertellidae
Synonyms
Microcoryphia (Verhoeff 1904)
Trinemura (Crampton 1916)
Protothysanura (Crampton 1924 non Smith 1897)
The Archaeognatha are an order of apterygotes, known by various common names such as jumping bristletails. Among extant insect taxa they are some of the most evolutionarily primitive; they appeared in the Middle Devonian period at about the same time as the arachnids. Specimens that closely resemble extant species have been found as both body and trace fossils (the latter including body imprints and trackways) in strata from the remainder of the Paleozoic Era and more recent periods.[3] For historical reasons an alternative name for the order is Microcoryphia.[4]
Until the late 20th century the suborders Zygentoma and Archaeognatha comprised the order Thysanura; both orders possess three-pronged tails comprising two lateral cerci and a medial epiproct or appendix dorsalis. Of the three organs, the appendix dorsalis is considerably longer than the two cerci; in this the Archaeognatha differ from the Zygentoma, in which the three organs are subequal in length.[4] In the late 20th century, it was recognized that the order Thysanura was paraphyletic, thus the two suborders were each raised to the status of an independent monophyletic order, with Archaeognatha sister taxon to the Dicondylia, including the Zygentoma.[5]
The order Archaeognatha is cosmopolitan; it includes roughly 500 species in two families.[6] No species is currently evaluated as being at conservation risk.[7]
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^NC State University, ENT 425 | General Entomology | Resource Library | Compendium [Archeognatha]
The Archaeognatha are an order of apterygotes, known by various common names such as jumping bristletails. Among extant insect taxa they are some of the...
group comprises 99.9% of all insects. The orders not included are the Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) and the Zygentoma (silverfishes and firebrats)...
defined, the group contains two separate clades of wingless insects: Archaeognatha comprises jumping bristletails, while Zygentoma comprises silverfish...
(taxon) that includes all insects except the jumping bristletails (Archaeognatha). Dicondylia have a mandible attached with two hinges to the head capsule...
size. It is present only in primitive wingless insects: the orders Archaeognatha and Zygentoma. Hemimetabolism Holometabolism McGavin, George C. Essential...
one is an epiproct or appendix dorsalis. In this they resemble the Archaeognatha, although the cerci of Zygentoma, unlike in the latter order, are nearly...
bristletails (order Archaeognatha). For instance, just like flying insects, Thysanura have so-called dicondylic mandibles, while Archaeognatha have monocondylic...
class Insecta. The two constituent groups within the former order, the Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) and the Zygentoma (silverfish and firebrats)...
wingless orders Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) and Zygentoma (silverfish). However, Apterygota is not monophyletic, as Archaeognatha are sister to...
Several wingless hexapods are known as bristletails: Class Insecta Order Archaeognatha (or Microcoryphia) – insect order that includes the jumping bristletails...
Rivne amber, occasionally called Ukrainian amber, is amber found in the Rivne Oblast and surrounding regions of Ukraine and Belarus. The amber is dated...
rudimentary leg-like appendages on the first three abdominal segments, and Archaeognatha possess small, articulated "styli" which are sometimes considered to...
females are holoptic as well, include the Coleoptera, Anisoptera, and Archaeognatha. O.W. Richards; R.G. Davies (11 November 2013). Imms' General Textbook...
three long cerci (tail-like appendages) at the tip. Like Entognatha, Archaeognatha and Zygentoma, the spiracles on the abdomen don't have closing muscles...
of rock bristletail, family of basal insects belonging to the order Archaeognatha, in the genus Machiloides. Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson...
Dasyleptus is an extinct genus of wingless insects in the order Archaeognatha, and the only member of the family Dasyleptidae. They resembled their modern...
The Machilidae are a family of insects belonging to the order Archaeognatha (the bristletails). There are around 450 described species worldwide. These...
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