Nicoletiidae
| Nicoletiidae Temporal range:
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| An unidentified species | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Zygentoma |
| Family: | Nicoletiidae Escherich, 1905 |
| Subfamilies include[1] | |
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Atelurinae | |
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.[1]
Selected genera[]
- Anelpistina
- Atelura
- Battigrassiella
- Cubacubana
- Oceania, fossils known from Dominican amber (Miocene)
- Lepidospora
- Nicoletia
- Prosthecina
- Squamigera
- Texoreddellia
- fossils known from Dominican amber (Miocene)
Extinct genera[]
- † Mendes 1997 Dominican amber, Miocene
- † Mendes and Poinar 2013 Mexican amber, Miocene
References[]
- ^ a b Mendes, Luis F.; Fox, Eduardo G. P.; Solis, Daniel R.; Bueno, Odair C. (2009). "New Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma: Insecta) from Brazil living in fire-ant (Hymenoptera: Insecta) nests". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 49 (34): 467–475. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492009003400001. ISSN 1807-0205.
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