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Primitive insects

Silverfish (Zygentoma)

Springtails (Collembola)

Other primitive insects

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GBS wrote:

28 Jul 2025

Certainly Atelurinae. Quite likely Australiatelura sp. but this can only be determined by close examination of the ventral abdomen

Atelurinae (subfamily)

GBS wrote:

1 Jul 2025

Difficult to determine but probably a silverfish of the genus Heterolepisma

Lepismatidae (family)

GBS wrote:

23 Jun 2025

Almost certainly correct. Please note that the genus name is likely to change some time this year due to some DNA work on South American silverfish

Heterolepisma sp. (genus)

GBS wrote:

16 May 2025

The species is certainly a jumping bristletail (Archaeognatha) and probably belonging to the family most common in Australia (Meinertellidae) but I am not at all confident that it is Machiloides granulatus (unless it was photogrpahed at the type locality). It could also be a species of Nesomachilis. The Australian bristletail fauna is very poorly known. Machiloides granulatus has only been collected once (south of Mudgee) as far as I know. Unfortunately we have nobody in Australia working on this order and overseas expertise is also very limited.
It would be safer to identify it simply to order rather than guessing the family, genus or species.

Machiloides granulatus

KimberiRP wrote:

15 May 2025

Nice find!

Machiloides granulatus