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Family of silverfishes

Lepidotrichidae
Drawing of Lepidotrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Zygentoma
Family: Lepidotrichidae
Silvestri, 1912
Genera
Photo of Tricholepidion, which possibly belongs to this family

Lepidotrichidae is a family of basal insects belonging to the order Zygentoma (silverfish and allies) The family contains the extinct Lepidotrix, known from specimens preserved in Eocene aged European amber. The extant genus Tricholepidion, which contains a single species, Tricholepidion gertschi from western North America, has also been typically considered a member of the family. However, some more recent research has suggested that the two genera are not particularly closely related, and Tricholepidion should instead be assigned to its own family Tricholepidiidae.

References

  1. 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.

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Lepidotrichidae
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