Namiblepisma

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: Namiblepisma
Species: N. wygodzinskyi

Name

• Namiblepisma Irish, 2018
  • Gender: neuter, not feminine, following ICZN Article 30, and explicitly clarified in ICZN Opinion 2427.
  • Type species: Mormisma wygodzinskyi Irish, 1986, by original designation.

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. 
• 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.