APTERYGOTA
(bristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects))

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Male (Click to open)
Order 6 subtaxa 56 images 5 ident. refs
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Order 2 subtaxa 9 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubclassAPTERYGOTA (bristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects))
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Delaney, M.J. 1954 Thysanura and Diplura Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, I Part 2, 7pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Lubbock, J. 1873 *** Monograph of the Collembola and Thysanura ***(Superseded) Vol 48, 276pp, The Ray Society, London
Savory, T.H. 1955 *** The World of Small Animals ***(Superseded) 160pp, University of London Press

Stored Product Pests

Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

APTERYGOTA (bristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for APTERYGOTA (bristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for APTERYGOTA (bristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects)

Primitive wingless insects without, or with only minor, changes as they develop (metamorphosis).

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