Biology:Nicoletiidae
| Nicoletiidae | |
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| Atelura formicaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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] Nicoletiidae don't have eyes as other existing species and they lack pigment. They have medium size, with extended antennae and terminal filaments.[2] Coletinia, a genus of this family, has many characters including a body length that ranges between 10 and 15mm. They may have yellowish pigmentation but most of them are transparent.[3] They have bilayered and very large acrosome, a short nucleus including chromatin being really condensed with tubular invaginations and sperm length and head size classified as short. [4]
Selected genera
- Allotrichotriura
- Anelpistina
- Atelura
- Battigrassiella
- Coletinia
- Hemitrinemura Oceania, fossils known from Dominican amber (Miocene)
- Lepidospora
- Nicoletia
- Prosthecina
- Squamatinia
- Squamigera
- Texoreddellia
- Trinemurodes fossils known from Dominican amber (Miocene)
Extinct genera
- †Archeatelura Mendes 1997 Dominican amber, Miocene
- †Paleograssiella Mendes and Poinar 2013 Mexican amber, Miocene
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Smith, Graeme B.; McRae, Jane (2016). "Further short range endemic troglobitic silverfish (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae; Subnicoletiinae and Coletiniinae) from north-western Australia" (in en). Records of the Western Australian Museum 31 (1): 41. doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.31(1).2016.041-055. ISSN 0312-3162. http://museum.wa.gov.au/research/records-supplements/records/further-short-range-endemic-troglobitic-silverfish-zygentoma-ni.
- ↑ Molero, Rafael; Bach, Carmen; Sendra, Alberto; Montagud, Sergio; Barranco, Pablo; Gaju, Miguel (2013-02-15). "Revision of the genus Coletinia (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) in the Iberian Peninsula, with descriptions of nine new species". Zootaxa 3615 (1): 1–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3615.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3615.1.1.
- ↑ Dallai, R; Carapelli, A; Nardi, F; Fanciulli, P. P; Lupetti, P; Afzelius, B. A; Frati, F (2004-08-01). "Sperm structure and spermiogenesis in Coletinia sp. (Nicoletiidae, Zygentoma, Insecta) with a comparative analysis of sperm structure in Zygentoma" (in en). Tissue and Cell 36 (4): 233–244. doi:10.1016/j.tice.2004.03.002. ISSN 0040-8166. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040816604000205.
Wikidata ☰ Q3430452 entry
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