Genus Tricholepidion

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Zygentoma (Silverfish)

Family Tricholepidiidae

Genus Tricholepidion

Numbers

One species is known: Tricholepidion gertschi Wygodzinsky, 1961.

Identification

Reddish, elongate, up to 12 mm, with antennae up to 9 mm and caudal appendages up to 14 mm (1).

Range

Northern California.

Habitat

Lives under decaying bark of fallen Douglas fir (1).

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 8 February, 2008 - 2:07pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 30 November, 2009 - 1:24pm

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