Common name: Bristletails
Class: Insecta
Order: Thysanura
Ecological niche: Scavengers or browsers
Distinguishing characteristics: Thysanura means "fringed
tail".  It refers to three long filaments at the tip of the
abdomen.  All thysanurans are wingless, have a pair of
long, slender antennae, two compound eyes, and six legs.