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A survey of basal insects (Microcoryphia and Zygentoma) from subterranean environments of Iran, with description of three new species [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys, 2018
A survey of wingless insects belonging to the orders Microcoryphia (=Archaeognatha) and Zygentoma (=Thysanura s. str.) has been performed in subterranean habitats of central Iran. As a result, several new species have been discovered. In this work, three
Rafael Molero   +3 more
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Three new species of European Coletinia Wygodzinsky (Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae), with additional records and an updated identification key

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2022
We describe three new species of the genus Coletinia Wygodzinsky, 1980, the most diverse of the family Nicoletiidae (order Zygentoma = Thysanura s. str.) in Europe: C. dalmatica Molero-Baltanás, Fišer, Bach de Roca & Gaju-Ricart sp. nov. from Croatia, C.
Rafael Molero-Baltanás   +4 more
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On some silverfish taxa from the Mildura region (inland south-eastern Australia) (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)

open access: yesRecords of the Australian Museum, 2022
Five species of the genus Acrotelsella Silvestri, 1935 are described and locality records reported. The male of Acrotelsella parlevar Smith, 2016 is also described and the distribution of the species expanded to the Australian mainland.
Graeme B. Smith, Andrew Mitchell
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Ueber das Zirkulationssystem einer Machilde (Thysanura)

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1963
Es werden Anatomie und Histologie des Zirkulations- und Bingegewebssytems der letzten Segmente und der Schwanzanhaenge einer nicht naeher bestimmten Machilide beschrieben.
Rudolf Barth
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Contribution to the knowledge of southern African Lepismatidae (Thysanura, Insecta)

open access: yesNamibian Journal of Environment, 2018
A summary is given of the 78 described and several undescribed species of Lepismatidae known from southern Africa, including all previously unpublished material, keys to genera and species, distribution maps and host associations of nidicoles.
J Irish
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A new species of Maindronia Bouvier, 1897 from Iran (Zygentoma: Maindroniidae)

open access: yesRecords of the Australian Museum, 2020
A new species of the genus Maindronia Bouvier is described from a single female specimen collected in Iran. It appears close to M. mascatensis Bouvier but displays a distinct chaetotaxy compared to that illustrated by earlier authors.
Graeme B. Smith   +3 more
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A new epigean species of the genus Anelpistina (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from Sierra de El Abra, Taninul, Mexico

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2015
Anelpistina taninuli sp. nov. (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae), a species from Taninul, Sierra de El Abra, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, is described. We also report the 16S rRNA sequence of this new species.
Luis Espinasa   +2 more
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Two new species of Heterolepismatinae (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from Far North Queensland.

open access: yesRecords of the Australian Museum
The Australian silverfish fauna is still poorly known, requiring more extensive field surveys and descriptions, preferably supported by molecular data.
Graeme B. Smith, Andrew Mitchell
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On some silverfish taxa from the Cape York region of northern Australia (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Ctenolepismatinae)

open access: yesRecords of the Australian Museum
Silverfish (Zygentoma) are an ancient, but poorly studied group of primitively wingless insects. Species definition based on morphology alone is complicated by variations arising from the continuous moulting, even after reaching sexual maturity.
Graeme B. Smith, Andrew Mitchell
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DNA sequences of troglobitic nicoletiid insects support Sierra de El Abra and the Sierra de Guatemala as a single biogeographical area: Implications for Astyanax

open access: yesSubterranean Biology, 2014
The blind Mexican tetra fish, Astyanax mexicanus, has become the most influential model for research of cave adapted organisms. Many authors assume that the Sierra de Guatemala populations and the Sierra de El Abra populations are derived from two ...
Luis Espinasa   +2 more
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