Afrolepisma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zygentoma
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Ordo: Zygentoma

Familia: Lepismatidae
Subfamilia: Lepismatinae
Genus: Afrolepisma
Species: A. elegans – A. jagerskioldi – A. oudemansi – A. sesotho – A. simulatrix – A. szeptyckii – A. tragardhi

Name

Afrolepisma Mendes, 1981

Gender: neuter, not feminine, following ICZN Article 30, and explicitly clarified in ICZN Opinion 2427.

Type species: Lepisma traegardhi Silvestri, 1913, by original designation.

Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 2427.

References

Primary references

• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2018. Opinion 2427 (Case 3704) – Lepisma Linnaeus, 1758 (Insecta, Zygentoma, Lepismatidae): Direction 71 (1957) reversed. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 75(1): 290–294. Online. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Irish, J. 2018. Contribution to the knowledge of southern African Lepismatidae (Thysanura, Insecta). Namibian Journal of Environment 2: 22–127. Online (with PDF available). Reference page.