Nicoletiidae

Nicoletiidae; Temporal range: Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	An unidentified species
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Zygentoma
Family:	Nicoletiidae; Escherich, 1905
Subfamilies include
	Atelurinae; Coletiniinae; Cubacubaninae; Nicoletiinae; Subnicoletiinae

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]

Selected genera

Allotrichotriura
Anelpistina
Atelura
Battigrassiella
Coletinia
Cubacubana
Hemitrinemura Oceania, fossils known from Dominican amber (Miocene)
Lepidospora
Nicoletia
Prosthecina
Squamatinia
Squamigera
Texoreddellia
Trinemurodes fossils known from Dominican amber (Miocene)

Extinct genera

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

References

^ ^a ^b 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.

Fauna Europaea

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[Mendes-eal-2009-1] 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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