thysanuran

thysanuran

English

Ctenolepisma longicaudata (long-tailed silverfish)

Etymology

Thysanura +‎ -an

Noun

thysanuran (plural thysanurans)

1. Any of various insects, including the silverfish and firebrats, of the order Thysanura (now Zygentoma), which have three long caudal filaments.
   • 1984, Robert N. Coulson, Forest Entomology: Ecology and Management‎, page 59:

     The best known and most often seen thysanurans are the two domesticated species: silverfish and firebrat.

   • 1989, May Berenbaum, Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers‎, page 21:

     As insects go, thysanurans are about as primitive as an arthropod can get and still be considered an insect.

   • 2008, Timothy J. Bradley, Saline-water Insects: Ecology, Physiology and Evolution, Jill Lancaster, Robert A. Briers, Aquatic Insects: Challenges to Populations: Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society's 24th Symposium, page 22,

     Marine thysanurans are another abundant and highly successful group of apterygotes able to exploit the ocean shore.

Hypernyms

• bristletail

Related terms

• thysanurous

Translations

species of order Thysanura

French: thysanoure m Italian: tisanuro

Polish: szczeciogonka f