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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Zygentoma |
| Family: | Protrinemuridae Mendes, 1988 |
| Genera | |
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The family comprises four genera:[2]
- Protrinemura Silvestri, 1942
- Protrinemurella Mendes, 2002
- Protrinemuroides Mendes, 2002
- Trinemophora Schaeffer, 1897
References
edit- ^ Mendes, Luis F. (2002). "On the status of the "Protrinemurid" and "Atelurid" Thysanurans (Zygentoma: Insecta)". Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia. 7: 201–211.
- ^ Mendes, Luis F. (2002). "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. 38 (4): 399–433. doi:10.1080/00379271.2002.10697352.