Protrinemuridae
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| Protrinemuridae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Zygentoma |
| Family: | Protrinemuridae Mendes, 1988 |
| Genera | |
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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