Species Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) longicaudata Escherich, 1905
Silverfish
- Ctenolepisma longicaudata Escherich, K. 1905. Das System der Lepismatiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 43: 1-164 [83].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMH ♀ (in alcohol, labial palp on slide), Bothaville, Orange Free State (as Orange-Freistaat), South Africa.
Paralectotype(s) ZMH 12 specimens (in alcohol).Subsequent designation references:
Paclt, J. 1966. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Apterygoten-Sammlung des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. II. Lepismatidae und Maindroniidae (Thysanura). Entomologische Blätter 3: 147-162 [152]. - Ctenolepisma urbana Slabaugh, R.E. 1940. A new Thysanuran, and a key to the domestic species of Lepismatidae (Thysanura) found in the United States. Entomological News 51: 95-98 [95].
Type data:
Holotype INHS ♀, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Paratype(s) INHS ♂ (described); INHS 2♂ 2♀; MCZ ♂ ♀; USNM 53977 2♂ 2♀. - Lepisma transcaucasica Nasanov, N.V. 1886. [Thysanura Kavkaza] Izvestiya Imperatorskago Obshchestva Lyubitelei Estestvoznaniya 50. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 1: 307 [307] [nomen nudum].
Secondary source:
Nasanov, N.V. 1887. [Thysanura Kavkaza] Izvestiya Imperatorskago Obshchestva Lyubitelei Estestvoznaniya 52. Trudy Osboi Zoologicheskoi Laboratorii I Sevastopol 'skoi Biologicheskoi Stantsii 3: 15–86 [26]; Paclt, J. 1967. Thysanura, Fam. Lepidotrichidae, Maindroniidae, Lepismatidae. Genera Insectorum 218: 1-86 [45]. - Ctenolepisma tavaresi Navás, L. 1906. Neuropteros de Espana y Portugal [Primer suborden, Adelopteros]. Brotéria. Serie Ciências Naturais 5: 145–184 [156].
- Ctenolepisma longicaudata coreana Uchida, H. 1943. Zwei Lepismatiden aus Nippon. Shizenkagaku to Hakubutsukan (Nature and Museum) 14: 224–232 [224].
- Ctenolepisma pinicola Uchida, H. 1964. A new Ctenolepisma living beneath the bark of pine trees (Thysanura, Lepismatidae). Kontyû 32(3): 367–370 [367].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Paclt, J. 1966. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Apterygoten-Sammlung des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. II. Lepismatidae und Maindroniidae (Thysanura). Entomologische Blätter 3: 147-162 [153]
Generic Combinations
- Ctenolepisma longicaudatum (Escherich, 1905). —
Paclt, J. 1966. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Apterygoten-Sammlung des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. II. Lepismatidae und Maindroniidae (Thysanura). Entomologische Blätter 3: 147-162 [152] - Ctenolepisma (Escherichisma) longicaudatum (Escherich, 1905). —
Kaplin, V.G. 1993. On the systematics and phylogeny of the genera Ctenolepisma and Sceletolepisma stat. n. (Thysanura, Lepismatidae). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 72(7): 34–51 [46]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Ctenolepisma lingicaudatum Escherich, 1905 [lapsus calami]. —
Paclt, J. 1979. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Apterygoten-Sammlung des Zoologischen Instituts und Zoologischen Museums der Universität Hamburg.VI. Weitere Doppelund Borstenschwänze (Diplura: Campodeidae: Thysanura: Lepismatidae und Nicoletiidae). Entomologishe Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 105: 221–228 [223]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
N coastal, N Gulf*, Murray-Darling basin, Bulloo River basin*, Lake Eyre basin*, W plateau*, SE coastal, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.
Introduced from unknown country.
IBRA
ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Australian Alps (AA), 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), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), 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), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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 East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Omnivore, peridomestic.
General References
Lindsay, E. 1940. The biology of the silverfish Ctenolepisma longicaudata Esch., with particular reference to its feeding habits. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 52: 35-83 (biology)
Smith, G.B. 2016. On some Silverfish Taxa from Tasmania (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae and Nicoletiidae). Records of the Australian Museum 68(2): 45–80 [65–66]
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) |