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Lepismenae (silverfish)
Taxonomy
Lepismenae was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Lepisma.
It was corrected as Lepismatidae by Carpenter (1992), Engel (2006) and Staniczek and Bechly (2007).
It was assigned to Thysanoura by Latreille (1802) and Latreille (1804); to Euzygentoma by Engel (2006); and to Zygentoma by Carpenter (1992) and Staniczek and Bechly (2007).
It was corrected as Lepismatidae by Carpenter (1992), Engel (2006) and Staniczek and Bechly (2007).
It was assigned to Thysanoura by Latreille (1802) and Latreille (1804); to Euzygentoma by Engel (2006); and to Zygentoma by Carpenter (1992) and Staniczek and Bechly (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1802 | Lepismenae Latreille p. 70 |
| 1804 | Lepismenae Latreille p. 137 |
| 1992 | Lepismatidae Carpenter |
| 2006 | Lepismatidae Engel |
| 2007 | Lepismatidae Staniczek and Bechly |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Lepismenae Latreille 1802 [silverfish]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available