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

APTERYGOTA (bristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

APTERYGOTA (bristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Order 2 subtaxa 7 references
Order 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms 3 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for APTERYGOTA (bristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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Lubbock, J. 1873 *** Monograph of the Collembola and Thysanura ***(Superseded) Vol 48, 276pp, The Ray Society, London
Savory, T.H. 1955 *** The World of Small Animals ***(Superseded) 160pp, University of London Press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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to APTERYGOTA (bristletails, silverfish and firebrats (primitively wingless insects):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 65 images of 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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