Biology:Lepisma

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Short description: Genus of silverfishes

Lepisma
Temporal range: Late Miocene–Present
Silberfischchen.jpg
Silverfish
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Zygentoma
Family: Lepismatidae
Genus: Lepisma
Linnaeus, 1758
Species[1]

Lepisma is a genus of primitive insects in the order Zygentoma and the family Lepismatidae.[2]

The most familiar member of the genus Lepisma is the silverfish (L. saccharinum), a cosmopolitan species that likes damp habitats, tends to hide in crevices and is usually found in human habitations, becoming household pests under certain conditions.[3] While the common name silverfish is used throughout the global literature to refer to various species of Zygentoma, the Entomological Society of America restricts use of the term solely for Lepisma saccharinum.[4]

Nomenclature

Most authors have historically treated the nomenclatural gender of Lepisma 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 Lepisma saccharinum (formerly saccharina).[5]

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Lepisma- IRMNG
  2. Sturm, H (2009). "Zygentoma". Encyclopedia of Insects (2nd edn.).. Academic Press / Elsevier. pp. 1070–2. 
  3. Barnard, Peter (2011). The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects.. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. 
  4. Phillips, Eleanor F.; Gillett-Kaufman, Jennifer L. (2018). "Silverfish - Lepisma saccharina". http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/URBAN/silverfish.HTM. 
  5. 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. doi:10.21805/bzn.v75.a064. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q779558 entry