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Nicoletiidae
| Description | Nicoletiidae is a family of primitive insects belonging to the order Zygentoma. These insects live primarily underground, under detritus, or in caves. A few species are recorded as commensals inside nests of social insects, such as the species Allotrichotriura saevissima which lives inside fire ant nests. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicoletiidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Zygentoma : Nicoletiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Nicoletiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (36%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. Sturm and L. F. Mendes. 1998. Two new species of Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma, "Apterygota," Insecta) in Dominican amber. American Museum Novitates 3226:1-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Nicoletiids, Subterranean Silverfish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicoletiidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Atelurinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Allonicoletia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anelpistina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Atelura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coletinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Grassiella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hemitrinemura genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lepidospora genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metrinura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nicoletia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paleograssiella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Persiatelurina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Proatelurina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Protrinemura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Squamatinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Texoreddellia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trinemura genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trinemurodes genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1905 | Nicoletiidae Escherich |
| 1998 | Nicoletiidae Sturm and Mendes |
| 2006 | Nicoletiidae Engel |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
