Biology:Ctenolepisma ciliatum

Short description: Species of silverfish

Ctenolepisma ciliatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Zygentoma
Family:	Lepismatidae
Genus:	Ctenolepisma
Species:	C. ciliatum
Binomial name
Ctenolepisma ciliatum (Dufour, 1831)

Ctenolepisma ciliatum is a species of primitive insect of the order Zygentoma. Described from Spain, it is a common species in subarid habitats of the Mediterranean bassin from Portugal to Western Asia. It is very close to C. longicaudatum. Its dorsal pattern is usually uniformly brownish or greyish with iridescences, or with two or four longitudinal fringes along the abdomen. Anatomic/morphologic differences with related species involve microscopic characters as setation or shape and distribution of scales.

References

• On Ctenolepisma ciliata and a new related species, Ctenolepisma armeniaca sp. n. (Zygentoma, Lepismatidae)

Wikidata ☰ Q5191667 entry