Lepidotrichidae

{{Short description|Family of silverfishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Lepidotrix.png

| image_caption = Drawing of Lepidotrix

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| taxon = Lepidotrichidae

| authority = Silvestri, 1912

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = *†Lepidotrix

• Tricholepidion?

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File:Tricholepidion (cropped).jpg, which possibly belongs to this family]]

Lepidotrichidae is a family of basal insects belonging to the order Zygentoma (silverfish and allies). The family contains the extinct Lepidotrix, known from specimens preserved in Eocene-aged European amber. The extant genus Tricholepidion, which contains a single species, Tricholepidion gertschi from western North America, has also been typically considered a member of the family. However, more recent research suggests that the two genera are not particularly closely related, and Tricholepidion should instead be assigned to its own family Tricholepidiidae.{{cite journal |last=Engel |first=Michael S. |year=2006 |title=A note on the relic silverfish Tricholepidion gertschi (Zygentoma) |journal=Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science |volume=109 |issue=3–4 |pages=236–238 |doi=10.1660/0022-8443(2006)109[236:ANOTRS]2.0.CO;2 |jstor=20476277 }}