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Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails)

Insecta - Archaeognatha

Taxonomy
Archaeognatha was named by Börner (1904). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Machilida by Rasnitsyn (2004); it was reranked as the order Archaeognatha by Carpenter (1992), Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004) and Misof et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Thysanura by Börner (1904); to Apterygogenea by Carpenter (1992) and Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence (2004); and to Insecta by Misof et al. (2014).

Subtaxa
Sister taxa
Machilida, Monura

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Archaeognatha Börner p. 523
1904Microcoriphia Verhoeff
1992Archaeognatha Carpenter
2004Archaeognatha Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence
2013Microcoryphia Mendes and Wunderlich p. 14
2014Archaeognatha Misof et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderArchaeognatha()
orderArchaeognatha()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Archaeognatha Börner 1904 [jumping bristletails]
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Subor. Machilida Grassi 1888
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Superfm. Machiloidea Grasse 1888
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Fm. Machilidae Grassi 1888 [jumping bristletail]
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G. †Gigamachilis Montagna et al. 2017
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Gigamachilis triassicus Montagna et al. 2017
G. Lepismachilis Verhoeff 1910
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Subg. Lepismachilis (Berlesilis) Verhoeff 1910
Subfm. Machilinae Grassi 1888
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G. Machilis Latreille 1802
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Invalid names: Machilodes von Olfers 1907 [synonym]
G. †Onychomachilis Pierce 1951
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Onychomachilis fisheri Pierce 1951
Subfm. Petrobiinae Kaplin 1985
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G. Petrobius Leach 1809
G. Praemachilis Silvestri 1904
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Praemachilis cineracea von Olfers 1907
Invalid names: Machilis chlamydophora von Olfers 1907 [nomen dubium]
Fm. Meinertellidae Verhoeff 1910 [rock bristletail]
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G. †Cretaceobrevibusantennis Chen and Su 2017
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G. †Cretaceomachilis Sturm and Poinar 1998
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Cretaceomachilis libanensis Sturm and Poinar 1998
Cretaceomachilis longa Zhang et al. 2018
G. †Glaesimeinertellus Sánchez-García et al. 2019
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Glaesimeinertellus intermedius Sánchez-García et al. 2019
G. Macropsontus Silvestri 1911
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Macropsontus azari Sánchez-García et al. 2019
Macropsontus bachae Sánchez-García et al. 2019
G. Neomachilellus Wygodzinsky 1953
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Subg. Neomachilellus (Praeneomachilellus) Sturm and Poinar 1997
G. †Nullmeinertellus Zhang et al. 2018
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Nullmeinertellus wenxuani Zhang et al. 2018
G. †Unimeinertellus Zhang et al. 2018
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Unimeinertellus abundus Zhang et al. 2018
Unimeinertellus bellus Zhang et al. 2018
Subor. †Monura Sharov 1957
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Fm. †Dasyleptidae Sharov 1957
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G. †Dasyleptus Brongniart 1885
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Dasyleptus brongniarti Sharov 1957
Dasyleptus lucasi Brongniart 1885
Dasyleptus noli Rasnitsyn 1999
Dasyleptus rowlandi Rasnitsyn 2004
Dasyleptus sharovi Durden 1978
Dasyleptus sinensis Liu et al. 2021
Dasyleptus triassicus Bechly and Stockar 2011
Invalid names: Lepidodasypus Durden 1978 [synonym]
Invalid names: Microcoryphia Verhoeff 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Givetian to the top of the Holocene or 387.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 382.7 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Archaeognatha indet. (28246)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Dasyleptus sp. (124838 124841)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9France Dasyleptus lucasi, Dasyleptus noli (103635)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (New Mexico) Dasyleptus rowlandi (124385) Dasyleptus sp., Dasyleptus rowlandi (124386)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Dasyleptus artinskianus (114450) Lepidodasypus sharovi (111219)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Dasyleptus brongniarti (104704 122567 122569 122571 122581)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Yunnan) Dasyleptus sinensis (221574)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Bavaria) Dasyleptus sp. (115969)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Switzerland Dasyleptus triassicus (122468) Gigamachilis triassicus (148423)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Cretaceomachilis libanensis (124925) Glaesimeinertellus intermedius, Macropsontus bachae (122471) Meinertellidae indet., Macropsontus azari (153333)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cretaceobrevibusantennis hookensis, Cretaceobrevibusantennis thornis (188400) Cretaceomachilis longa, Unimeinertellus abundus, Unimeinertellus bellus, Nullmeinertellus wenxuani (165561) Macropsontus sp. (144466)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Archaeognatha indet. (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Machilidae indet. (201682) Machilodes diastatica, Machilis exilis, Machilis cineracea, Machilis cincta, Machilis zebrina, Machilis chlamydophora, Machilis longipalpis, Machilis capito, Machilis signata, Machilis boops, Machilis anableps, Machilis exophthalmos, Machilis microphthalmos, Machilis palaemon, Machilis caestifera, Machilis electa, Machilis acuminata, Machilis anguea, Machilis polypoda, Machilis fasciola (123927) Petrobiinae indet., Machilinae indet. (140452)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Lepismachilis eocaenica (113621)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Machilis succini (151652) Petrobius coruscus, Petrobius imbricatus, Petrobius longipalpus, Petrobius electus, Petrobius seticornis, Petrobius angueus, Petrobius confinis, Forbicina acuminata (109625) Petrobius macrura, Petrobius saliens, Petrobius albomaculatus (120811)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Neomachilellus ezetaelenensis (163578 172774 172775 172776 217215 217223) Neomachilellus sp. (138881)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Neomachilellus dominicanus (122472 122474 122982 140497)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Arizona) Onychomachilis fisheri (152091)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan Machilis shiobarensis (162749)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Archaeognatha indet. (123190)