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Checklist for Order Zygentoma Latreille, 1796 (Fishmoths)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
528
5425
11871
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Thysanura
Leach, 1815
Common Bristletails, Firebrats, Silverfishes
2
7
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Zygentoma
Latreille, 1796
Fishmoths, Silverfish, Silverfishes
2
7
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
2 Families width 11 Species
Lepismatidae Latreille, 1802Lepismatid Fishmoths11SpeciesTaxom
Nicoletiidae Escherich, 1905Nicoletiid Fishmoths0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
7 Genera with 11 Species
Afrolepisma Mendes, 03SpeciesTaxom
Braunsina Escherich, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Ctenolepisma Escherich, 19054SpeciesTaxom
Lepisma Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Lepismodes Newman, 01SpeciesTaxom
Rulenatida Wygodzinsky, 1970
0SpeciesTaxom
Silvestrella Escherich, 19051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
11 Species
Afrolepisma braunsi
Afrolepisma simulatrix
Afrolepisma zulu
Braunsina nudata Wygodzynsky, 1955
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) africanella (Wygodzinsky, 1955)⇒ Ctenolepisma africanella Wygodzinsky, 1955
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) longicaudata (Escherich, 1905)⇒ Ctenolepisma longicaudata Escherich, 1905
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) weberi (Escherich, 1905)⇒ Ctenolepisma weberi Escherich, 1905
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) grandipalpis Escherich, 1905
Lepisma saccharina Linnaeus, 1758Common Silverfish
Lepismodes aegypticus
Silvestrella myrmecophyla Escherich, 1905

Subnodes of Zygentoma with occurrences in Western Cape
SuperfamilyLepismatoidea
Parker, 1982
2
7
11
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Zygentoma at artfakta.se
Zygentoma at dyntaxa.se
Zygentoma at gbif.org
Zygentoma at irmng.org
Zygentoma at itis.gov