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    Zygentoma are an order in the class Insecta, and consist of about 550 known species. The Zygentoma include the so-called silverfish or fishmoths, and the...
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    saccharinum) is a species of small, primitive, wingless insect in the order Zygentoma (formerly Thysanura). Its common name derives from the insect's silvery...
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    (Thermobia domestica) is a small insect (typically 1–1.5 cm), in the order Zygentoma. Firebrats prefer relatively warm temperatures (36–39 °C) and require...
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    the order is Microcoryphia. Until the late 20th century the suborders Zygentoma and Archaeognatha comprised the order Thysanura; both orders possess three-pronged...
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    silverfish, long-tailed silverfish or paper silverfish, is a species of Zygentoma in the family Lepismatidae. It was described by the German entomologist...
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  • order that includes the jumping bristletails and rock bristletails Order Zygentoma – insect order that includes silverfish, firebrats, and allies Class Entognatha...
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    orders not included are the Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) and the Zygentoma (silverfishes and firebrats), two primitively wingless insect orders....
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  • present only in primitive wingless insects: the orders Archaeognatha and Zygentoma. Hemimetabolism Holometabolism McGavin, George C. Essential Entomology:...
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    Archaeognatha comprises jumping bristletails, while Zygentoma comprises silverfish and firebrats. The Zygentoma are in the clade Dicondylia with winged insects...
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    primitively wingless orders Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) and Zygentoma (silverfish). However, Apterygota is not monophyletic, as Archaeognatha...
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