Ctenolepisma

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Ctenolepisma Higher classification Lepismatidae Order Thysanura		Family Lepismatidae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus Subclass Apterygota

Lower classifications Long‑tailed silverfish, Ctenolepisma lineata, Ctenolepisma almeriensis

Spider attack insect atypus muralis feeding ctenolepisma lineata

Ctenolepisma is a genus of primitive insects (order Zygentoma = Thysanura s.s.) 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.

Ctenolepisma Fourlined Silverfish Ctenolepisma lineata Ctenolepisma lineata

Diversity

There are about 100 species in the genus.

Species include:

Ctenolepisma abyssinica Mendes, 1982 (Ethiopia)

Ctenolepisma africanella Wygodzinsky, 1955 (South Africa)

Ctenolepisma albida Escherich, 1905

Ctenolepisma algharbica Mendes, 1978 (Portugal)

Ctenolepisma almeriensis Molero-Baltanás, et al., 2005 (Spain)

Ctenolepisma alticola Silvestri, 1935 (Karakorum)

Ctenolepisma angustiella Silvestri, 1949 (Africa)

Ctenolepisma armeniaca Molero-Baltanás, et al., 2010 (Armenia)

Ctenolepisma barchanicum Kaplin, 1985 (Turkmenistan)

Ctenolepisma basilewskyi Wygodzinsky, 1965 (Kenya)

Ctenolepisma boettgeriana Paclt, 1961 (India)

Ctenolepisma burmanica (Parona, 1892) (Burma)
[Synonym: Lepisma burmanica Parona, 1892]

Ctenolepisma cabindae Mendes, 2002d (Angola)

Ctenolepisma calva (Ritter, 1910) (Ceylon)
[Synonym: Peliolepisma calva Ritter, 1910]

Ctenolepisma canariensis Mendes et al., 1992 (Canary islands)

Ctenolepisma ciliata (Dufour, 1831) (Mediterranean; Cape Verde; Afghanistan)
[Synonyms: Lepisma ciliata Dufour, 1831, Ctenolepisma fuliginosa (Lucas, 1846), Lepisma fuliginosa Lucas, 1846]

Ctenolepisma conductrix Silvestri, 1918 (Libya)

Ctenolepisma confalonieri Silvestri, 1932 (Africa)

Ctenolepisma decellei Mendes, 1982 (Chad)

Ctenolepisma desaegeri Mendes, 1982 (Zaire)

Ctenolepisma dewittei Mendes, 1982 (Zaire)

Ctenolepisma dubitalis Wygodzinsky, 1959 (Leeward Island)

Ctenolepisma dzhungaricum Kaplin, 1982 (Kazakhstan)

Ctenolepisma electrans Mendes, 1998b (Dominican amber)

Ctenolepisma fasciata (Lucas, 1863) (syn. Lepisma fasciata) (Senegal) doubtful

Ctenolepisma feae Silvestri, 1908 (Cape Verde)

Ctenolepisma gabuensis Mendes, 1985 (Guinea-Bissau)

Ctenolepisma guadianica Mendes, 1992 (Portugal)

Ctenolepisma guanche Mendes, 1993 (Canary Islands)

Ctenolepisma guineensis Mendes, 1985 (Guinea-Bissau)

Ctenolepisma gunini Kaplin, 1989 (Mongolia)

Ctenolepisma halophila Kaplin, 1981 (Turkmenistan)

Ctenolepisma howa Escherich in Voeltzkow, 1910 (Madagascar)

Ctenolepisma hummelincki Wygodzinsky, 1959 (Windward Islands)

Ctenolepisma immanis Mendes, 2004 (Socotra)

Ctenolepisma incita Silvestri, 1918 (Africa)

Ctenolepisma insulicola Mendes, 1984 (Greece)

Ctenolepisma kaszabi Wygodzinsky, 1970a (Mongolia)

Ctenolepisma kervillei Silvestri, 1911 (Syria, Iran, Oman)

Ctenolepisma kuhitangicum Kaplin, 1993 (Turkmenistan)

Ctenolepisma latisternata Mendes, 1993 (Congo Basin)

Ctenolepisma lindbergi Wygodzinsky, 1955 (Cape Verde)

Ctenolepisma lineata (Fabricius, 1775) (type) – four-lined silverfish (Europe)

Ctenolepisma longicaudata Escherich, 1905 (syn. C. urbana) – grey silverfish (cosmopolitan)

Ctenolepisma madagascariensis Escherich in Voeltzkow, 1910 (Madagascar)

Ctenolepisma maroccana Mendes, 1980 (Morocco)

Ctenolepisma michaelseni Escherich, 1905

Ctenolepisma nicoletii (Lucas, 1846) (type) (syn. Lepisma nicolettii) – four-lined silverfish (Europe, North Africa)

Ctenolepisma nigerica Mendes, 1982 (Nigeria)

Ctenolepisma nigra (Oudemans in Weber, 1890) (syn. Lepisma nigra) (Indonesia, India)

Ctenolepisma petiti (Lucas, 1840) (syn. Lepisma petiti) (Senegal) doubtful

Ctenolepisma picturata Wygodzinsky, 1955 (South Africa)

Ctenolepisma pinicola Uchida, 1964 (Japan)

Ctenolepisma pretoriana Wygodzinsky, 1955 (South Africa)

Ctenolepisma przewalskyi Kaplin, 1982 (Kirgizia)

Ctenolepisma rodriguezi Mendes et al., 1992 (Canary islands)

Ctenolepisma roszkowskii Stach, 1935 (Israel, Tunisia)

Ctenolepisma rothschildi Silvestri, 1907 (syn. C. diversisquamis, C. reducta) (Africa)

Ctenolepisma sabirovae Kaplin, 1980 (Turkmenistan)

Ctenolepisma sanctaehelenae Wygodzinsky, 1970b (Saint Helena)

Ctenolepisma sergii Kaplin, 1982 (Kazakhstan)

Ctenolepisma serranoi Mendes, 1985 (syn. C. gambiana) (Guinea-Bissau)

Ctenolepisma somaliensis Mendes, 1988 (Somalia)

Ctenolepisma submagna Silvestri, 1908 (Portuguese Guinea)

Ctenolepisma sudanica Mendes, 1982 (Sudan)

Ctenolepisma tanzanica Mendes, 1982 (Tanzania)

Ctenolepisma targioniana Silvestri, 1908 (Africa, Americas)

Ctenolepisma targionii (Grassi & Rovelli, 1889) (syn. Lepisma targionii) (Mediterranean)

Ctenolepisma tavaresi Navás, 1906 (Portugal) doubtful

Ctenolepisma tenebrica Silvestri, 1949 (central Africa)

Ctenolepisma terebrans Silvestri, 1908 (South Africa)

Ctenolepisma terebrans pluriseta Silvestri, 1908 (Africa)

Ctenolepisma terebrans terebrans Silvestri, 1908

Ctenolepisma turcomanicum Kaplin, 1993 (Turkmenistan)

Ctenolepisma unipectinata Mendes, 1982 (Kenya)

Ctenolepisma unistila Silvestri, 1908 (Cape Verde)

Ctenolepisma vanharteni Mendes, 2004 (Socotra)

Ctenolepisma versluysi Escherich, 1905 (Mexico, Antilles)

Ctenolepisma vieirai Mendes, 1981 (Madeira)

Ctenolepisma villosa (Fabricius, 1775) (syn. Lepisma villosa) (China, Japan, Korea)

Ctenolepisma wahrmani Wygodzinsky, 1952 (Brazil)

Ctenolepisma weberi Escherich, 1905 (South Africa)

Ctenolepisma Ctenolepisma lineata Ctenolepisma lineata BugGuideNet

Ctenolepisma Gray Silverfish Ctenolepisma longicaudata

References

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