Ctenolepisma

Ctenolepisma is a genus of primitive insects in the order Zygentoma, closely related to the silverfish and firebrat but less reliant on human habitation, some species being found both indoors and outdoors and some found exclusively outdoors. The genus is distributed nearly worldwide in warm regions. Australia lacks native Ctenolepisma, but is home to introduced species.[1]

Ctenolepisma
Ctenolepisma longicaudatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Zygentoma
Family: Lepismatidae
Genus: Ctenolepisma
Escherich, 1905
Species

about 75; see text

Nomenclature

Most authors have historically treated the nomenclatural gender of Ctenolepisma as feminine, but in 2018 the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature issued a formal ruling (ICZN Opinion 2427) stating the gender of Lepisma (and all genera with that ending) is neuter, following ICZN Article 30, which resulted in changes to the spelling of several well-known species, including Ctenolepisma longicaudatum (formerly longicaudata).[2]

Diversity

There are roughly 75 extant species presently recognized as valid in the genus, and one fossil[3]

Notes

References
  1. Baltanás, R. M.; et al. (2012). "New data for a revision of the genus Ctenolepisma (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae): redescription of Ctenolepisma lineata and new status for Ctenolepisma nicoletii" (PDF). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 48 (1–2): 66–80.
  2. ICZN (2018) Opinion 2427 (Case 3704) – Lepisma Linnaeus, 1758 (Insecta, Zygentoma, Lepismatidae): Direction 71 (1957) reversed. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 75(1):290-294
  3. Ctenolepisma - IRMNG
  4. Molero-Baltanás, Rafael; Gaju-Ricart, Miguel; Bach de Roca, Carmen (2005). "Ctenolepisma almeriensis n. sp. of Lepismatidae (Insecta, Zygentoma) from south-eastern Spain" (PDF). Animal Biodiversity and Conservation. 28 (1): 91–99.
  5. Kahrarian, Morteza; Molero, Rafael; Gaju, Miquel (2016). "The genus Ctenolepisma (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) in Western Iran, with description of three new species". Zootaxa. 4093 (2): 217–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4093.2.4.
  6. Molero Baltanás, Rafael; Gaju Ricart, Miguel; Bach de Roca, Carmen (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 (nouvelle série). 48 (1–2): 66–80. doi:10.1080/00379271.2012.10697753.
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