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Comparative Mitogenomics of Pedetontus and Pedetontinus (Insecta: Archaeognatha) Unveils Phylogeny, Divergence History, and Adaptive Evolution

Wei Cen,
Ting Yang,
Jia-Wen Li,
Dan-Na Yu,
Kenneth B. Storey and
Jia-Yong Zhang

Insects2025, 16(12), 1194;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16121194

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24 November 2025

Archaeognatha is phylogenetically positioned as the basal lineage relative to all extant insect orders and comprises approximately 600 described species. The internal phylogenetic relationships and divergence times within this ancient order have long...

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Six New Species of Genus Pedetontus Silvestri, 1911 (Microcoryphia: Machilidae), from Southern China

Chen-Yang Shen,
Ting Yang,
Jie-Hong Ji and
Jia-Yong Zhang

Insects2025, 16(9), 916;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16090916

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1 September 2025

Bristletails (Microcoryphia) represent a relatively understudied group of class Insecta. These wingless hexapods, which retain numerous plesiomorphic structures, remain less well understood compared to most other insect lineages. Through detailed mor...

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Morpho-Molecular Discordance and Cryptic Diversity in Jumping Bristletails: A Mitogenomic Analysis of Pedetontus silvestrii (Insecta: Archaeognatha: Machilidae)

Wei Cen,
Jia-Wen Li,
Jia-Tao He,
Xin-Yu Chen,
Luo-Ying Li,
Kenneth B. Storey,
Dan-Na Yu and
Jia-Yong Zhang

Insects2025, 16(5), 452;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16050452

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25 April 2025

Archaeognatha (bristletails) represent an evolutionarily significant but understudied insect group. Notably, the morphological identification method proposed by Mendes for Archaeognatha has certain limitations, which may lead to the underestimation o...

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