Arthropods
🪲Firebrat
Thermobia domestica (Packard, 1837)
The firebrat is a small insect in the order Zygentoma. They look similar to the related silverfishes, but are distinguished by their habit of living in warm regions of homes, of which they get their name.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderZygentoma
- ›familyLepismatidae
- ›genusThermobia
- ›speciesThermobia domestica
Full lineage
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderZygentoma
- familyLepismatidae
- genusThermobia
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderZygentoma
- familyLepismatidae
- genusThermobia
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In other languages
uunitoukka (fi), Fyrkre (nb), Thermobia domestica (pl), Ofenfischchen (de), マダラシミ (ja), rybenka skleníková (cs) … and 17 more languages
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