Archaeognatha

Petrobius sp.

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Subclassis: Monocondylia
Ordo: Archaeognatha
Subordines: Machilida – †Monura

Familiae (2 + 1†): Machilidae – Meinertellidae – †Dasyleptidae

Name

Archaeognatha Börner, 1904: 523 [as suborder of Thysanura]

Synonyms

• Microcoryphia Verhoeff, 1904: 109.

References

Primary references

• Börner, C. 1904. Zur Systematik der Hexapoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 27: 511–533. BHL Reference page. 
• Verhoeff, K.W. 1904. Über vergleichende Morphologie des Kopfes niederer Insecten mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Dermaptera und Thysanuren, nebst biologisch-physiologischen Beiträgen. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich Leopoldinisch-Carolinisch Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher 84(1): 1–144, Pl.I–VIII. BHL.

Additional references

• Bitsch, J. & Nel, A. 1999. Morphology and classification of the extinct Archaeognatha and related taxa (Hexapoda). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 35: 17–30. Gallica. Reference page. 
• Bowser, M.L. 2019. Archaeognatha of Canada. Pp 205–209 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.23572 Reference page. 
• Grimaldi, D. & Engel, M.S. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA. ISBN 978-0-521-82149-0. limited preview on Google Books. Reference page. 
• Eusébio, R., Sendra, A., Enghoff, H. & Reboleira, A.S.P.S. 2018. Catalogue of the type material in the entomological collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark: basal hexapods. Zootaxa 4457(2): 201–236. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.2.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Koch, M. 2003. Character evolution in the Archaeognatha: consensus and conflict. Pp. 120-122 in: Klass, K.D. (ed.): Proceedings of the 1st Dresden meeting on insect phylogeny: "Phylogenetic relationships within the insect orders" (Dresden, September 19–21, 2003). Entomologische Abhandlungen, 61(2): 119–172. PDF
• Sturm, H. & Bach de Roca, C. 1993. On the systematics of the Archaeognatha (Insecta). Entomologia Generalis 18: 55–90. DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/18/1993/55 . [not seen]

Links

• SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED ARCHAEOGNATHA OF THE WORLD
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2002. Archaeognatha. Bristetails. Version 01 January 2002 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• EOL

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Staigumper
català: Arqueògnat
čeština: Chvostnatky
Deutsch: Felsenspringer
Ελληνικά: Αρχαιόγναθα
English: bristletails, jumping bristletails
suomi: Siimahäntäiset
עברית: זנבזיפיים
italiano: Machilida
日本語: イシノミ目
한국어: 돌좀목 (고악목)
Nederlands: Rotsspringers
norsk: Børstehaler
polski: Przerzutki
русский: Древнечелюстные
slovenščina: Pračeljustnice
svenska: Hoppborstsvansar
Türkçe: Zıplayan kılkuyruklar
中文: 石蛃目

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