Thermobia domestica

Thermobia domestica

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: Ctenolepismatinae
Genus: Thermobia
Species: Thermobia domestica

Name

Thermobia domestica (Packard, 1873)

Lectotype: MCZ 14792 ♀, Salem, Massachusetts, USA. (designated by Irish, 1988)

Paralectotype: MCZ.

Synonymy

• Lepismodes inquilinus Newman, 1863: 13
• Lepisma domestica Packard, 1873: 48 (protonym)
• Lepisma furnorum Rovelli, 1884: 14 [syn.: Escherich, 1905: 101]
• Termophila furnorum (Rovelli, 1884): Grassi, 1887: 62
• Thermophila furnorum (Rovelli, 1884): Grassi & Rovelli, 1889: 8
• Thermobia furnorum (Rovelli, 1884): Bergroth, 1890: 233
• Lepismodes furnorum (Rovelli, 1884): Bergroth, 1894: 111
• Thermobia domestica (Packard, 1873): Escherich, 1905: 101

References

Primary references

• Bergroth, E. 1890. Note on Lepisma domestica Pack. Entomologica Americana 6: 233. BHL.
• Bergroth, E. 1894. Note on Thermobia furnorum, Rov. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (2)5: 111. BHL.
• Escherich, K. 1905. Das System der Lepismatiden. Zoologica 43: 1–164. BHL. Reference page. 
• Grassi, B. 1887. I progenitori dei Miriapodi e degli Insetti. Altre ricerche sui Tisanuri. Nota preliminare. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 19: 52–74. BHL.
• Grassi, B. & Rovelli, G. 1889. Tavola analitica dei Tisanuri italiani da noi finora riscontrati. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 21: 3–8. BHL.
• Irish, J. 1988. Revision of Thermobia Bergroth (Thysanura: Lepismatidae). Cimbebasia 10: 15–30. Reference page. 
• Newman, E. 1863. Characters of Lepismodes inquilinus. Proceedings of the Northern Entomological Society, Liverpool 1863: 13–16. [not seen]
• Packard, A.S. 1873. Synopsis of the Thysanura of Essex County, Mass., with descriptions of a few extralimital forms. Annual Report of the Trustees of the Peabody Academy of Science 5: 23–51. Hathitrust.
• Rovelli, G. 1884. Alcuni ricerche sul tuba digerente degli Atteri, Ortotteri e Pseudo-Neuroterri; una nuova specie di Lepismide. Como 15 pp. [not seen]

Additional references

• McLachlan, R. 1894. Thermobia furorum, Rovelli, a heat-loving thysanuran in London bakehouses. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (2)5: 52–53. BHL.
• Sweetman, H.L. 1938. Physical ecology of the firebrat, Thermobia domestica (Packard). Ecological monographs 8: 285–311. [not seen]
• Womersley, H. 1939. Primitive insects of South Australia. Silverfish, springtails and their allies. Adelaide: South Australian branch of the British Science Guild (incorporated with the British Association for the Advancement of Science). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Firebrat
magyar: Kemencehalacska