Zygentoma are an order in the class Insecta, and consist of about 550 known species. [1] The Zygentoma include the so-called silverfish or fishmoths, and the firebrats. A conspicuous …

Common Name: Silverfish / Firebrats Greek Origins of Name: The name Zygentoma is derived from the Greek ζυγον, (zygon meaning “yoke” or “bridge”), and εντομα (entoma meaning “cut …

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The silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum) is a species of small, primitive, [1] wingless insect in the order Zygentoma (formerly Thysanura). Its common name derives from the insect's silvery …

Silverfish are in one of the simplest, least evolved orders of insects, the Zygentoma. Many readers will remember this insect was assigned to order Thysanura, which is no longer used in the …

2020年4月14日 · The Zygentoma are part of the old Thysanura (or three pronged bristle-tails) along with the Microcoryphia. They are an ancient lineage linking the Apterygota (primarily …

Zygentoma are an order in the class Insecta, and consist of about 550 known species. The Zygentoma include the so-called silverfish or fishmoths, and the firebrats.

One of the oldest known insect fossils for which there is significant remaining structure (head and thorax fragments) is a bristletail, estimated to be 390 to 392 million years old. It was …

When the Archaeognatha were recognised as a separate order of insects, the remaining group of silverfish, firebrats and their relatives were sometimes still known as the Thysanura, but to …

The order Zygentoma (“zyg” = “bridge”, “entom” = “insect”) or Thysanura (“thysan” = “fringe”, “ura” = “tail”), the silverfish, superficially resemble the Archaeognatha. They have flatter bodies, …