Subgenus Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) Escherich, 1905

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ctenolepisma Escherich, K. 1905. Das System der Lepismatiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 43: 1-164 [75].

  Type species:

   Lepisma lineata Fabricius, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Paclt, J. 1967. Thysanura, Fam. Lepidotrichidae, Maindroniidae, Lepismatidae. Genera Insectorum 218: 1-86.
• Peliolepisma Ritter, W. 1910. Neue Thysanuren und Collembolan aus Ceylon und Bombay, gesammelt von Dr. Uzel. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien 24: 379–398 [380].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Paclt, J. 1967. Thysanura, Fam. Lepidotrichidae, Maindroniidae, Lepismatidae. Genera Insectorum 218: 1-86 (synonmised Peliolepisma with Ctenolepisma)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

General References

Smith, G.B. 2016. On some Silverfish Taxa from Tasmania (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae and Nicoletiidae). Records of the Australian Museum 68(2): 45–80 [65]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Sep-2016	ZYGENTOMA (= Thysanura)	12-Sep-2016	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		07-Aug-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)