Lepidotrichidae

Taxobox
name = Lepidotrichidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Apterygota
ordo = Thysanura
familia = Lepidotrichidae
familia_authority = Silvestri, 1912
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Lepidotrix"
"Tricholepidion"

Lepidotrichidae is a family of basal insects belonging to the order Thysanura. The family is considered to contain two genera: the extinct "Lepidotrix", known from specimens preserved in Baltic amber, and the extant "Tricholepidion", which contains a single species, "Tricholepidion gertschi" (commonly called the forest silverfish). Recent research has suggested the extant species should be assigned to its own family, Tricholepidiidae.

References

* [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=99216 ITIS page on Lepidotrichidae]
* [http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1660%2F0022-8443(2006)109%5B236%3AANOTRS%5D2.0.CO%3B2&ct=1 A note on the relic silverfish "Tricholepidion gertschii"]