Maindroniidae
Maindroniidae is a small family of silverfish, basal insects belonging to the order Zygentoma. It contains three genera.
Four species of these insects are found in deserts: in Sudan, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Atacama Desert on the west coast of Chile. The distribution of these closely related species suggests that Maindronia is a Gondwanan relict group. In 2020, a new species in this family, Maindronia bashagardensis, was discovered in Hormozgan province, Iran. There are no known existing specimens or illustrations of Maindronia mascatensis.
3 branches of this family, most-observed first
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 982257.