Ctenolepisma lineatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zygentoma
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Ordo: Zygentoma

Familia: Lepismatidae
Subfamilia: Ctenolepismatinae
Genus: Ctenolepisma
Species: Ctenolepisma lineatum

Name

Ctenolepisma lineatum (Fabricius, 1775) (NOTE: Gender of Ctenolepisma is neuter, not feminine, following ICZN Article 30, and explicitly clarified in ICZN Opinion 2427)

Neotype: MNCN, Ref. 2021, ♀. Algeria: Cap de Fer, [37°04’N 7°12’W], 5.VIII.2004, Salah Hamra-Kroua leg. (designated by Molero Baltanás, Gaju Ricart & Bach de Roca, 2012)

Synonymy

Lepisma lineata Fabricius, 1775: 300
Lepisma vittata Fabricius, 1798: 199
Lepisma annuliseta Lucas, 1840: 560
?Lepisma subvittata Lucas, 1840: 560
Lepisma parisiensis Nicolet, 1847: 351
Forbicina lineata (Fabricius): Kolenati, 1858: 135
Forbicina parisiensis (Nicolet): Kolenati, 1858: 134
Lepisma quadriseriata Packard, 1873: 47
Lepisma reticulata Schött, 1897: 192
Ctenolepisma quadriseriata (Packard): Escherich, 1905: 94
Ctenolepisma reticulata (Schött): Escherich, 1905: 96
Ctenolepisma lineata var. pilifera Escherich, 1905: 91 (nec Lepisma pilifera Lucas, 1840?)
Ctenolepisma lineatum (Fabricius): Paclt, 1967: 41

References

Primary references

Escherich, K. 1905. Das System der Lepismatiden. Zoologica 43: 1–164. BHL. Reference page.
Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page.
Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Supplementum. Proft et Storch, Hafniae, pp. 1–582. (BHL) + Index (BHL). Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2018. Opinion 2427 (Case 3704) – Lepisma Linnaeus, 1758 (Insecta, Zygentoma, Lepismatidae): Direction 71 (1957) reversed. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 75(1): 290–294. Online. Reference page.
Molero Baltanás, R., Gaju Ricart, M. & Bach de Roca, C. 2012. New data for a revision of the genus Ctenolepisma (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae): redescription of Ctenolepisma lineata and new status for Ctenolepisma nicoletii. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 48(1–2): 66–80. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2012.10697753 . Reference page.
Packard, A.S. 1873. Synopsis of the Thysanura of Essex County, Mass., with descriptions of a few extralimital forms. Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science 5: 23–51. Hathitrust.
Paclt, J. 1967. Thysanura, Fam. Lepidotrichidae, Maindroniidae, Lepismatidae. Genera Insectorum 218: 1–86. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Molero-Baltanás, R., Mitchell, A., Gaju-Ricart, M. & Robla, J. 2024. Worldwide revision of synanthropic silverfish (Insecta: Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) combining morphological and molecular data. Journal of Insect Science 24(3): 1. DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieae045 . Reference page.
Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive insects of South Australia. Silverfish, springtails and their allies. Adelaide: South Australian branch of the British Science Guild (incorporated with the British Association for the Advancement of Science). Reference page.