Thermobia aegyptiaca

Thermobia aegyptiaca is a species of silverfish in the family Lepismatidae. The species was described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1840 based on specimens collected in Egypt. Thermobia aegyptiaca is distributed in Africa and the eastern Mediterranean Basin.[1][2]

Thermobia aegyptiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Zygentoma
Family: Lepismatidae
Genus: Thermobia
Species:
T. aegyptiaca
Binomial name
Thermobia aegyptiaca
(H. Lucas, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Lepisma pilifera H. Lucas, 1840
  • Ctenolepisma campbelli Barnhart, 1951
  • Thermobia cincta Wahlgren, 1906
  • Thermobia longimana Escherich, 1905

The species has been found to be associated with the termite species Psammotermes hybostoma.[1]

As the type specimens were not available for later study,[3] a neotype originating from Helwan was designated.[4]

References
  1. Paclt, Jiří (1967). "Thysanura. Fam. Lepidotrichidae, Maindroniidae, Lepismatidae". Genera Insectorum. 218e: 1–86.
  2. Irish, J. (2018). "Contribution to the knowledge of southern African Lepismatidae (Thysanura, Insecta)" (PDF). Namibian Journal of Environment. 2 (Section A): 22–127.
  3. Irish, J. (1988). "Revision of Thermobia Bergroth (Thysanura: Lepismatidae)". Cimbebasia (Series A). 10: 15–30.
  4. 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.

Further reading
  • Mendes, Luís F. (1996). "Some new data on the Microcoryphia and Zygentoma (Insecta) from the United States". Garcia de Orta, Série Zoologia. 21 (1): 117–126. ISSN 0870-0001.


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