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Machilidae (jumping bristletail)

Insecta - Archaeognatha - Machilidae

Taxonomy

Machilidae was named by Grassi (1888). It is extant. Its type is Machilis.

It was assigned to Archaeognatha by Börner (1904); to Microcoryphia by Mendes and Wunderlich (2013); and to Machiloidea by Carpenter (1992), Zhang et al. (2018).

Subtaxa

Gigamachilis, Lepismachilis, Machilinae, Machilis chlamydophora, Onychomachilis, Petrobiinae, Praemachilis

Synonyms

Machilis chlamydophora was named by von Olfers (1907). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Silvestri (1912).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1888	Machilidae Grassi p. 582
1904	Machilidae Börner p. 523
1907	Machilis chlamydophora von Olfers p. 13 fig. 17
1992	Machilidae Carpenter
2013	Machilidae Mendes and Wunderlich p. 15
2018	Machilidae Zhang et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
order	Archaeognatha	()
suborder	Machilida	(Grassi 1888)
superfamily	Machiloidea	Grasse 1888
family	Machilidae	Grassi 1888
family	Machilidae	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.

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

†Lepismachilis (Berlesilis) eocaenica Kaplin 2018

Subfm. Machilinae Grassi 1888

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G. Machilis Latreille 1802

†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

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

†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]

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 Longobardian to the top of the Chibanian or 242.00000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 235.0 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Longobardian	242.0 - 235.0	Switzerland	Gigamachilis triassicus (148423)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Ukraine	Lepismachilis eocaenica (113621)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian 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)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Poland	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)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	USA (Arizona)	Onychomachilis fisheri (152091)
Chibanian	0.774 - 0.129	Japan	Machilis shiobarensis (162749)