Protrinemuridae Explained

Protrinemuridae is a family of primitive insects belonging to the order Zygentoma. The family was previously classified as a subfamily of the Nicoletiidae, but raised to family level in 2002.^[1]

The family comprises four genera:^[2]

• Protrinemura Silvestri, 1942
• Protrinemurella Mendes, 2002
• Protrinemuroides Mendes, 2002
• Trinemophora Schaeffer, 1897

Notes and References

1. Mendes. Luis F.. 2002. On the status of the "Protrinemurid" and "Atelurid" Thysanurans (Zygentoma: Insecta). Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia. 7. 201–211.
2. Mendes. Luis F.. New species and new data on Protrinemuridae and Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma) from Eastern Asia and Pacific islands. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . Nouvelle Série. 2002. 38. 4. 399–433. 10.1080/00379271.2002.10697352. free.