Nicoletiidae

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
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
An unidentified species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Zygentoma
Family: Nicoletiidae
Escherich, 1905
Subfamilies include[1]

Atelurinae
Coletiniinae
Cubacubaninae
Nicoletiinae
Subnicoletiinae

Selected genera

Extinct genera

  • Archeatelura Mendes 1997 Dominican amber, Miocene
  • Paleograssiella Mendes and Poinar 2013 Mexican amber, Miocene

References

  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.


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