Bristletail
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Several wingless insects are known as bristletails:
- Order ThysanuraThysanuraThysanura is an order of insects, encompassing silverfish and firebrats, known for their three long caudal filaments.The families Machilidae and Meinertellidae of the jumping bristletails were once included with Thysanura....
— silverfish and allies - Order ArchaeognathaArchaeognathaArchaeognatha is an order of wingless insects, also known as jumping bristletails. They are among the least evolutionarily changed insects, appearing in the Devonian period along with the arachnids. The name Archaeognatha is derived from Greek Archaeos meaning "ancient" and gnatha meaning "jaw"...
, especially the species Machilis maritima - Order Diplura — "two-pronged bristletails"