Silverfishes
Zygentoma
Zygentoma are an order in the class insecta. The Zygentoma include the so-called silverfish or fishmoths, and the firebrats. A conspicuous feature of the order is that the members all have three long caudal filaments. The two lateral filaments are cerci, and the medial one is an epiproct or appendix dorsalis. In this they resemble the Archaeognatha, though, unlike in the latter order, the cerci of Zygentoma are nearly as long as the epiproct.
6 branches of this order, most-observed first
Typical Silverfishes
familyLepismatidae
Subterranean silverfish
familyNicoletiidae
Maindroniidae
familyMaindroniidae
Lepidotrichidae
familyLepidotrichidae
Tricholepidiidae
familyTricholepidiidae
Protrinemuridae
familyProtrinemuridae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48301.