Xenolepisma

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: Xenolepisma
Species: X. globosa – X. monteithi – X. penangi – X. perexiguum – X. subnigrina

Name

Xenolepisma Mendes, 1981

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

Type species: Lepisma globosa Escherich, 1905, 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. 
• Smith, G.B. 2015. New silverfish species (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum 30(2): 98–131. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.30(2).2015.098-131 .