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.

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 stating the gender of Lepisma is neuter, following ICZN Article 30, which resulted in changes to the spelling of several well-known species, including Ctenolepisma longicaudatum.

Diversity

There are roughly 75 extant species presently recognized as valid in the genus, and one fossil:
  • Ctenolepisma abyssinicum Mendes, 1982
  • Ctenolepisma africanellum Wygodzinsky, 1955
  • Ctenolepisma algharbicum Mendes, 1978
  • Ctenolepisma almeriense Molero-Baltanás, Gaju-Ricart & Bach de Roca, 2005
  • Ctenolepisma alticola Silvestri, 1935
  • Ctenolepisma angustiellum Silvestri, 1949
  • Ctenolepisma barchanicum Kaplin, 1985
  • Ctenolepisma basilewskyi Wygodzinsky, 1965
  • Ctenolepisma boettgerianum Paclt, 1961
  • Ctenolepisma burmanicum

  • Ctenolepisma cabindae Mendes, 2002d
  • Ctenolepisma calvum


  • Ctenolepisma conductrix Silvestri, 1918
  • Ctenolepisma confalonieri Silvestri, 1932
  • Ctenolepisma decellei Mendes, 1982
  • Ctenolepisma desaegeri Mendes, 1982
  • Ctenolepisma dewittei Mendes, 1982
  • Ctenolepisma dubitale Wygodzinsky, 1959
  • Ctenolepisma dzhungaricum Kaplin, 1982
  • †Ctenolepisma electrans Mendes, 1998b
  • Ctenolepisma fasciatum doubtful
  • Ctenolepisma feae Silvestri, 1908
  • Ctenolepisma gabuense Mendes, 1985
  • Ctenolepisma guadianicum Mendes, 1992
  • Ctenolepisma guanche Mendes, 1993
  • Ctenolepisma guineense Mendes, 1985
  • Ctenolepisma gunini Kaplin, 1989
  • Ctenolepisma halophila Kaplin, 1981
  • Ctenolepisma howa Escherich in Voeltzkow, 1910
  • Ctenolepisma hummelincki Wygodzinsky, 1959
  • Ctenolepisma immane Mendes, 2004
  • Ctenolepisma incita Silvestri, 1918
  • Ctenolepisma insulicola Mendes, 1984
  • Ctenolepisma iranicum Molero, Kahrarian & Gaju, 2016
  • Ctenolepisma kaszabi Wygodzinsky, 1970a
  • Ctenolepisma kermanshanum Molero, Kahrarian & Gaju, 2016
  • Ctenolepisma kervillei Silvestri, 1911
  • Ctenolepisma kuhitangicum Kaplin, 1993
  • Ctenolepisma latisternatum Mendes, 1993
  • Ctenolepisma lindbergi Wygodzinsky, 1955
  • Ctenolepisma lineatum - four-lined silverfish ; the type species of the genus Ctenolepisma
  • Ctenolepisma longicaudatum Escherich, 1905 - grey silverfish
  • Ctenolepisma madagascariense Escherich in Voeltzkow, 1910
  • Ctenolepisma maroccanum Mendes, 1980
  • Ctenolepisma nigericum Mendes, 1982
  • Ctenolepisma nigrum
  • Ctenolepisma petiti doubtful
  • Ctenolepisma picturatum Wygodzinsky, 1955
  • Ctenolepisma pinicola Uchida, 1964
  • Ctenolepisma pretorianum Wygodzinsky, 1955
  • Ctenolepisma przewalskyi Kaplin, 1982
  • Ctenolepisma roszkowskii Stach, 1935
  • Ctenolepisma rothschildi Silvestri, 1907
  • Ctenolepisma sabirovae Kaplin, 1980
  • Ctenolepisma sagartianum Molero, Kahrarian & Gaju, 2016
  • Ctenolepisma sanctaehelenae Wygodzinsky, 1970b
  • Ctenolepisma sergii Kaplin, 1982
  • Ctenolepisma serranoi Mendes, 1985
  • Ctenolepisma somaliense Mendes, 1988
  • Ctenolepisma submagnum Silvestri, 1908
  • Ctenolepisma subterraneum Molero, Tahami, Sadeghi & Gaju, 2018
  • Ctenolepisma sudanicum Mendes, 1982
  • Ctenolepisma tanzanicum Mendes, 1982
  • Ctenolepisma targionianum Silvestri, 1908
  • Ctenolepisma targionii
  • Ctenolepisma tavaresi Navás, 1906 doubtful
  • Ctenolepisma tenebricum Silvestri, 1949
  • Ctenolepisma terebrans Silvestri, 1908
  • *Ctenolepisma terebrans pluriseta Silvestri, 1908
  • *Ctenolepisma terebrans terebrans Silvestri, 1908
  • Ctenolepisma turcomanicum Kaplin, 1993
  • Ctenolepisma unipectinatum Mendes, 1982
  • Ctenolepisma unistila Silvestri, 1908
  • Ctenolepisma vanharteni Mendes, 2004
  • Ctenolepisma versluysi Escherich, 1905
  • Ctenolepisma vieirai Mendes, 1981
  • Ctenolepisma villosum
  • Ctenolepisma wahrmani Wygodzinsky, 1952
  • Ctenolepisma weberi Escherich, 1905