Ctenolepisma
| Ctenolepisma | |
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| Ctenolepisma longicaudata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Apterygota |
| Order: | Thysanura |
| Family: | Lepismatidae |
| Genus: |
Ctenolepisma Escherich, 1905 |
| Species include | |
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about 100; see text |
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about 100; see text
Ctenolepisma is a genus of primitive insects (order Zygentoma = Thysanura s.s.) closely related to the silverfish and firebrat but less reliant on human habitation, some species being found both indoors and outdoors and some found exclusively outdoors. The genus is distributed nearly worldwide in warm regions. Australia lacks native Ctenolepisma, but is home to introduced species.
There are about 100 species in the genus.
Species include:
Eggs of Ctenolepisma villosa
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