Cubacubaninae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Cladus: Basal Dicondylia
Ordo: Zygentoma

Familia: Nicoletiidae
Subfamilia: Cubacubaninae
Genera (7): Acanthonima – Allonicoletia – Anelpistina – Prosthecina – Speleonycta – Squamigera – Texoreddellia

[sources: Espinasa, Flick & Giribet (2007: 37), Espinasa et al. (2010)]
Name

Cubacubaninae
Type genus: Cubacubana Wygodzinsky & Hollinger, 1977 [=Anelpistina Silvestri, 1905]

References

Espinasa, L., Espinasa, M., Fenolio, D.B., Slay, M.E. & Niemiller, M. 2014. Distribution and conservation status of Speleonycta ozarkensis (Insecta, Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae) from caves of the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA. Subterranean Biology, 14: 51–62. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.14.8275 Reference page.
Espinasa, L.; Flick, C.; Giribet, G. 2007: Phylogeny of the American silverfish Cubacubaninae (Hexapoda: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae): a combined approach using morphology and five molecular loci. Cladistics, 23: 22–40. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00127.x
Espinasa, L.; Furst, S.; Allen, T.; Slay, M.E. 2010: A new genus of the subfamily Cubacubaninae (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from caves in south-central and southwestern USA. Journal of cave and karst studies, 72(3): 161–168. DOI: 10.4311/jcks2009lsc0097