Species Thermobia domestica (Packard, 1873)

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• Lepisma domestica Packard, A.S. 1873. Synopsis of the Thysanura of Essex County, Mass., with descriptions of a few extralimital forms. Annual Report of the Peabody Academy of Sciences 5: 23-51 [48].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MCZ 14792 ♀, Salem, Massachusetts, USA.
  Paralectotype(s) MCZ.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Irish, J. 1988. Revision of Thermobia Bergroth (Thysanura: Lepismatidae). Cimbebasia 10: 15-30.
• Lepismodes inquilinus Newman, E. 1863. Characters of Lepismodes inquilinus. Proceedings of the Northern Entomological Society, Liverpool 1863: 13-16 [13] [for many years incorrectly considered as a nom. nud., see Irish, J. 1988. Revision of Thermobia Bergroth (Thysanura: Lepismatidae). Cimbebasia 10: 15–30; in the interest of nomenclatural stability, the junior synonym Lepisma domestica Packard, 1873 is here used as the valid name; a case needs to be made to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature regarding the status of these names].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, London.
• Lepisma furnorum Rovelli, G. 1884. Alcuni ricerche sul tuba digerente degli Atteri, Ortotteri e Pseudo-Neuroterri; una nuova specie di Lepismide. Como 15 pp. [14].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Como, Italy.

  Secondary source:

   Oudemans, J.T. 1889. Thermophila furnorum, Rov. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 32: 425-432; Irish, J. 1988. Revision of Thermobia Bergroth (Thysanura: Lepismatidae). Cimbebasia 10: 15-30.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Escherich, K. 1905. Das System der Lepismatiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 43: 1-164 [101]

 

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

Introduced from unknown country.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Cryptozoic, omnivore, peridomestic.

 

General References

Irish, J. 1988. Revision of Thermobia Bergroth (Thysanura: Lepismatidae). Cimbebasia 10: 15-30

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Aug-2012		07-Aug-2012	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)