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Machilida

Insecta - Archaeognatha

Taxonomy
Machilida was named by Grassi (1888). It is extant.

It was reranked as the suborder Machilida by Zhang et al. (2018).

It was assigned to Lepismatona by Rasnitsyn (2004); and to Archaeognatha by Zhang et al. (2018).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Machilida Grassi
2004Machilida Rasnitsyn p. 215
2018Machilida Zhang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
orderArchaeognatha()
suborderMachilida(Grassi 1888)
suborderMachilida(Grassi 1888)

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.

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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Subfm. Machilinae Grassi 1888
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G. Machilis Latreille 1802
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Machilis acuminata Koch and Berendt 1854
Machilis albomaculata Menge 1854
Machilis anguea Koch and Berendt 1854
Machilis boops von Olfers 1907
Machilis caestifera Silvestri 1912
Machilis capito von Olfers 1907
Machilis corusca Koch and Berendt 1854
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Invalid names: Petrobius satiens Menge 1854 [synonym]
Machilis diastatica von Olfers 1907
Machilis electa Koch and Berendt 1854
Machilis fasciola Nicolet 1847
Machilis macrura Menge 1854
Machilis palaemon von Olfers 1907
Machilis polypoda Silvestri 1907
Machilis saliens Menge 1854
Machilis shiobarensis Naora 1933
Invalid names: Machilis anableps von Olfers 1907 [nomen dubium], Machilis cincta von Olfers 1907 [nomen dubium], Machilis exilis von Olfers 1907 [nomen dubium], Machilis exophthalmos von Olfers 1907 [nomen dubium], Machilis longipalpis Koch and Berendt 1854 [nomen dubium], Machilis microphthalmos von Olfers 1907 [nomen dubium], Machilis signata von Olfers 1907 [nomen dubium], Machilis succini Gadeau de Kerville 1893 [nomen dubium], Machilis zebrina von Olfers 1907 [nomen dubium], Machilodes von Olfers 1907 [synonym], Petrobius confinis Koch and Berendt 1854 [nomen dubium], Petrobius seticornis Koch and Berendt 1854 [nomen dubium]
G. †Onychomachilis Pierce 1951
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Onychomachilis fisheri Pierce 1951
Subfm. Petrobiinae Kaplin 1985
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G. Petrobius Leach 1809
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Petrobius imbricatus Koch and Berendt 1854
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
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Neomachilellus (Praeneomachilellus) ezetaelenensis Riquelme and Montejo-Cruz 2015
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
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 242.00000 to 0.12600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 235.0 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Switzerland 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 - 33.9Poland 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)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) 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)
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)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Japan Machilis shiobarensis (162749)