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Family Nicoletiidae

Representative Images

Nicoletia wheeleri Nicoletia wheeleri? Battigrassiella wheeleri? Unknown Beetle? Nicoletiid silverfish Battigrassiella wheeleri Nicoletiid

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Zygentoma (Silverfish)
Family Nicoletiidae

Explanation of Names

Nicoletiidae Escherich 1905

Numbers

13 spp. in 5 genera in our area, many more need names(1); 90 genera worldwide(2)

Identification

Eyes absent

Range

In our area, mostly southern (CA‒FL); more diverse in the Old World(1)

Remarks

Allograssiella floridana Mendes & Schmid(3)
Grassiella wheeleri (Escherich)
Nicoletia ruckeri Silvestri
Nicoletia tergata Mills(4)
Nicoletia wheeleri Silvestri
Speleonycta anachoretes Espinasa, Pape, Henneberry & Kinnear(5)
Speleonycta ozarkensis Espinasa, Furst, Allen & Slay(6)
Speleonycta villosus Espinasa & Botelho(7)
Texoreddellia aquilonalis Espinasa & Giribet(8)
Texoreddellia capitesquameo Espinasa & Giribet(8)
Texoreddellia media Espinasa & Giribet(8)
Texoreddellia occasus Espinasa & Giribet(8)
Texoreddellia texensis (Ulrich)(9)

Print References

(10)(11)(12)(13)

Works Cited

1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.BioLib.cz
3.Description of Allograssiella floridana gen. nov., spec. nov. from the southern United States living with Pseudomyrmex ants
Mendes L.F. & Schmid, V.S. 2010. Spixiana 33(1):49-54.
4.A new Nicoletia (Thysanura, Lepismatidae) from Florida
Mills, H.B. 1940. Entomological News 51(10):271-272.
5.A new species of Nicoletiidae (Insecta: Zygentoma) from Kartchner Caverns State Park, Arizona
L. Espinasa, R.B. Pape, A. Henneberry, C. Kinnear. 2012. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 74(1):82-89.
6.A new genus of the subfamily Cubacubaninae (Insecta: Zygentoma:Nicoletiidae) from caves in south-central and southwestern USA
L. Espinasa, S. Furst, T. Allen, M.E. Slay. 2010. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 72(3):161-168.
7.A new species of Speleonycta (Insecta: Zygentoma) from the bay area of San Francisco, California
L. Espinasa, M. Botelho. 2014. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 127(2):335-339.
8.Living in the dark—species delimitation based on combined molecular and morphological evidence in the nicoletiid genus Texored
L. Espinasa, G. Giribet. 2009. Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monographs 7:87-110.
9.Description of a new genus of cave Thysanuran from Texas (Nicoletiidae, Thysanura, Insecta)
Wygodzinsky, P. 1973. American Museum Novitates 2518:1-8.
10.Occurrence of a new genus of troglobitic Nicoletiidae (Ins., Thysanura) in Mexico
Paclt, J. 1971. International Journal of Speleology 3:423-424.
11.Sobre algunos "Nicoletiidae" americanos (Thysanura, Insecta)
Wygodzinsky, P. 1958. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 16:97-120.
12.On J. Paclt's Nicoletiidae (Thysanura) in the "Genera Insectorum"
Wygodzinsky, P. 1963. Journal of Natural History (Series 13) Volume 6 Issue 65:265-269.
13.Distribution and conservation status of Speleonycta ozarkensis from caves of the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA
L. Espinasa, M. Espinasa, D.B. Fenolio, M.E. Slay, M.L. Niemiller. 2014. Subterranean Biology 14:51-62.
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 11 March, 2009 - 12:35pm
Additional contributions by KEELDISH, ceiseman, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 20 October, 2023 - 6:32am

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