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Zygentoma

Index Zygentoma

Zygentoma are an order in the class insecta. [1]

31 relations: Anelpistina, Apterygota, Archaeognatha, Atelura, Atelurinae, Bristletail, Cave insect, Ctenolepisma, Ctenolepisma almeriensis, Ctenolepisma ciliata, Ctenolepisma lineata, Dicondylia, Evolution of insects, Global biodiversity, Glossary of entomology terms, Hexapoda, Insect, Lepidotrichidae, Lepismatidae, List of minor insects of Sri Lanka, Machilidae, Metapterygota, Nicoletiidae, Ommatidium, Protrinemuridae, Pterygota, Silverfish, Strepsiptera, Taxonomy of invertebrates (Brusca & Brusca, 2003), Thermobia, Thysanura.

Anelpistina

Anelpistina is a genus of insects.

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Apterygota

The name Apterygota is sometimes applied to a subclass of small, agile insects, distinguished from other insects by their lack of wings in the present and in their evolutionary history; notable examples are the silverfish, the firebrat, and the jumping bristletails.

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Archaeognatha

The Archaeognatha are an order of apterygotes, known by various common names such as jumping bristletails.

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Atelura

Atelura is a genus of primitive insects belonging to the order Thysanura.

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Atelurinae

Atelurinae is a subfamily of primitive insects belonging to the order Zygentoma.

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Bristletail

Several wingless hexapods are known as bristletails:;Class Insecta.

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Cave insect

Cave dwelling insects are among the most widespread and prominent troglofauna (cave-dwelling animals), including troglobites, troglophiles, and trogloxenes.

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Ctenolepisma

Ctenolepisma is a genus of primitive insects (order Zygentoma.

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Ctenolepisma almeriensis

Ctenolepisma almeriensis is a species of primitive insect of the order Zygentoma.

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Ctenolepisma ciliata

Ctenolepisma ciliata is a species of primitive insect of the order Zygentoma.

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Ctenolepisma lineata

Ctenolepisma lineata is a primitive insect of the order Zygentoma.

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Dicondylia

The Dicondylia are a taxonomic group (taxon) that includes all insects except the jumping bristletails (Archaeognatha).

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Evolution of insects

The most recent understanding of the evolution of insects is based on studies of the following branches of science: molecular biology, insect morphology, paleontology, insect taxonomy, evolution, embryology, bioinformatics and scientific computing.

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Global biodiversity

Global biodiversity is the measure of biodiversity on planet Earth and is defined as the total variability of life forms.

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Glossary of entomology terms

This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists.

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Hexapoda

The subphylum Hexapoda (from the Greek for six legs) constitutes the largest number of species of arthropods and includes the insects as well as three much smaller groups of wingless arthropods: Collembola, Protura, and Diplura (all of these were once considered insects).

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Lepidotrichidae

Lepidotrichidae is a family of basal insects belonging to the order Zygentoma.

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Lepismatidae

Lepismatidae is a family of primitive wingless insects with about 190 described species.

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List of minor insects of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India.

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Machilidae

The Machilidae are a family of insects belonging to the order Archaeognatha (the bristletails).

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Metapterygota

Metapterygota is a clade of winged insects containing order Odonata and Infraclass Neoptera.

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Nicoletiidae

Nicoletiidae is a family of primitive insects belonging to the order Zygentoma.

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Ommatidium

The compound eyes of arthropods like insects, crustaceans and millipedes are composed of units called ommatidia (singular: ommatidium).

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Protrinemuridae

Protrinemuridae is a family of primitive insects belonging to the order Zygentoma.

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Pterygota

The Pterygota are a subclass of insects that includes the winged insects.

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Silverfish

A silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) is a small, wingless insect in the order Zygentoma (formerly Thysanura).

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Strepsiptera

The Strepsiptera (translation: "twisted wing"', giving rise to the insects' common name, twisted-wing parasites) are an endopterygote order of insects with nine extant families making up about 600 species.

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Taxonomy of invertebrates (Brusca & Brusca, 2003)

The taxonomy of invertebrates as proposed by Richard C. Brusca and Gary J. Brusca in 2003 is a system of classification with emphasis on the invertebrates, in other words, a way to classify animals, primarily those which have no backbone.

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Thermobia

Thermobia is a genus of primitive insects belonging to the family Lepismatidae.

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Thysanura

Thysanura is the now deprecated name of what for over a century was recognised as an order in the class Insecta.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygentoma

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