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Checklist for Family Lepismatidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepismatid Fishmoths)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Thysanura
Leach, 1815
Common Bristletails, Firebrats, Silverfishes
2
65
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Zygentoma
Latreille, 1796
Fishmoths, Silverfish, Silverfishes
2
65
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lepismatoidea
Parker, 1982
2
65
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLepismatidae
Latreille, 1802
Lepismatid Fishmoths, Silverfish, Typical Silverfishes
31
212
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
31 Genera with 212 Species
#ABCGHILMNOPSTWX
Acrotelsa Escherich, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Acrotelsella Silvestri, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Afrolepisma Mendes, 015SpeciesTaxom
Braunsina Escherich, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Ctenolepisma Escherich, 190872SpeciesTaxom
Gopsilepisma Irish, 19884SpeciesTaxom
Hemilepisma Paclt, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Heterolepisma Escherich, 19055SpeciesTaxom
Hyperlepisma Silvestri, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Isolepisma Escherich, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Lepisma Linnaeus, 19559SpeciesTaxom
Lepismodes Newman, 01SpeciesTaxom
Lepitrochisma Mendes, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Monachina Silvestri, 19554SpeciesTaxom
Mormisma Silvestri, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Namibmormisma Irish, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Namunukulina Wygodzinsky, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Nebkhalepisma Irish, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Neoasterolepisma Mendes, 199222SpeciesTaxom
Ornatilepisma Irish, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Prolepismina Silvestri, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Protolepisma Mendes & Poinar, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Psammolepisma Irish, 19884SpeciesTaxom
Sabulepisma Irish, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Sceletolepisma Wygodzinsky, 198739SpeciesTaxom
Silvestrella Escherich, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Swalepisma Irish, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Thermobia Bergroth, 19886SpeciesTaxom
Tricholepisma Paclt, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Wygodzinskisma Kaplan, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Xenolepisma Mendes, 19051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
212 Species and 4 Subspecies
Acrotelsa collaris Fabricius, 1793Silverfish
Acrotelsa voeltzkowi (Escherich, 1910)⇒ Acrotelsella voeltzkowi Escherich, 1910
Acrotelsella elongata Carpenter, 1916
Acrotelsella giubana Mendes, 1988
Acrotelsella scotti Carpenter, 1916
Acrotelsella voeltzkowi Escherich, 1910
Afrolepisma alluaudi Silvestri, 1..., 1981
Afrolepisma braunsi
Afrolepisma dakarana Wygodzinsky, 1958
Afrolepisma elegans
Afrolepisma jaegerskioldi Silvestri, 1..., 1981
Afrolepisma jagerskioldi
Afrolepisma leleupi Wygodzinsky, 1952
Afrolepisma oudemansi Escherich, 1905
Afrolepisma sesotho
Afrolepisma simulatrix
Afrolepisma szeptyckii Mendes, 1981
Afrolepisma traegardhi Silvestri, 1913
Afrolepisma tragardhi
Afrolepisma zairensis Mendes, 1981
Afrolepisma zulu
Braunsina grassi
Braunsina heymonsi
Braunsina nudata Wygodzynsky, 1955
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) abyssinica Mendes, 1982
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) africanella (Wygodzinsky, 1955)⇒ Ctenolepisma africanella Wygodzinsky, 1955
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) angustiella Silvestri, 1949
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) basilewskyi Wygodzinsky, 1965
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) cabindae Mendes, 2002
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) ciliata Dufour, 1831
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) conductrix Silvestri, 1918
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) confalonieri Silvestri, 1932
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) decellei Mendes, 1982
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) desaegeri Mendes, 1982
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) dewittei Mendes, 1982
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) electrans Mendes, 1998
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) fasciata Lucas, 1863
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) feae Silvestri, 1908
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) gabuensis Mendes, 1985
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) guineensis Mendes, 1985
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) howa Escherich, 1910
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) incita Silvestri, 1918
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) latisternata Mendes, 1993
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) lindbergi Wygodzinsky, 1955
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) lineata Fabricius, 1775Four-lined Silverfish
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) longicaudata (Escherich, 1905)⇒ Ctenolepisma longicaudata Escherich, 1905
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) madagascariensis Escherich, 1910
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) maroccana Mendes, 1980
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) nigerica Mendes, 1982
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) petiti Lucas, 1840
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) picturata (Wygodzinsky, 1955)⇒ Ctenolepisma picturata Wygodzinsky, 1955
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) pretoriana (Wygodzinsky, 1955)⇒ Ctenolepisma pretoriana Wygodzinsky, 1955
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) roszkowskii Stach, 1935
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) rothschildi Silvestri, 1907
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) serranoi Mendes, 1985
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) somaliensis Mendes, 1988
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) submagna Silvestri, 1908
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) sudanica Mendes, 1982
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) tanzanica Mendes, 1982
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) targioniana Silvestri, 1908
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) tenebrica Silvestri, 1949
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) terebrans (Silvestri, 1908)⇒ Ctenolepisma terebrans Silvestri, 1908
Ctenolepisma terebrans pluriseta (Silvestri, 1908)⇒ Ctenolepisma pluriseta
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) unipectinata Mendes, 1982
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) unistila Silvestri, 1908
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) vieirai Mendes, 1981
Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) weberi (Escherich, 1905)⇒ Ctenolepisma weberi Escherich, 1905
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) africanella Wygodzinsky, 1955
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) boschimana
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) capensis
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) corvina (Silvestri, 1908)⇒ Sceletolepisma corvina Silvestri, 1908
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) grandipalpis Escherich, 1905
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) intercursa Silvestri, 1922
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) karooensis
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) latera
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) lociplana
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) longicaudata Escherich, 1905
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) messor
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) orangica Irish, 1994
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) parcespinata (Silvestri, 1908)⇒ Sceletolepisma parcespinata Silvestri, 1908
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) petronia
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) picturata Wygodzinsky, 1955
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) pluriseta
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) plusiochaeta Silvestri, 1922
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) pretoriana Wygodzinsky, 1955
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) prompta (Silvestri, 1922)⇒ Wygodzinskisma prompta Silvestri, 1922
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) suliptera Irish, 1994
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) terebrans Silvestri, 1908
Ctenolepisma (Sceletolepisma) weberi Escherich, 1905
Ctenolepisma (Scleletolepisma) canariensis Mendes & al., 1992
Ctenolepisma (Scleletolepisma) guanche Mendes, 1993
Ctenolepisma (Scleletolepisma) rodriguezi Mendes & al., 1992
Ctenolepisma gambiana (J. Irish, 1986)⇒ Ctenolepisma serranoi Mendes, 1985
Ctenolepisma longicaudatum (Escherich, 1905)⇒ Ctenolepisma longicaudata Escherich, 1905
Ctenolepisma reducta (Folsom, 1923)⇒ Ctenolepisma rothschildi Silvestri, 1907
Ctenolepisma schultzei (Silvestri, 1908)⇒ Monachina stilifera schultzei Silvestri, 1..., 1988
Gopsilepisma damarensis Irish, 1988
Gopsilepisma deserticola Irish, 1988
Gopsilepisma occidentalis Irish, 1988
Gopsilepisma verecunda Irish, 1988
Hemilepisma grassii Escherich, 1905
Hemilepisma heymonsi Escherich, 1905
Hemilepisma nudatum Wygodzynsky, 1955
Heterolepisma bisetosa Carpenter, 1916
Heterolepisma exacta Silvestri, 1918
Heterolepisma mossambicensis Mendes, 1993
Heterolepisma primafra Silvestri, 1949
Heterolepisma trisetosa Escherich, 1905
Hyperlepisma australis (Wygodzinsky, 1959)⇒ Nebkhalepisma australis Wygodzinsky, 1959
Hyperlepisma occidentalis Mendes, 1985
Hyperlepisma patrizii Silvestri, 1932
Isolepisma trisetosa (Escherich, 1905)⇒ Heterolepisma trisetosa Escherich, 1905
Lepisma braunsi (Escherich, 1903)⇒ Neoasterolepisma braunsi Escherich, 1903
Lepisma chlorosoma Lucas, 1846
Lepisma elegans (Escherich, 1903)⇒ Afrolepisma elegans
Lepisma intermedia Carpenter, 1916
Lepisma paupercula (Silvestri, 1907)⇒ Neoasterolepisma paupercula Silvestri, 1907
Lepisma saccharina Linnaeus, 1758Common Silverfish
Lepisma saccharinum Linnaeus, 1758Common silverfish
Lepisma sesotho (Wygodzinsky, 1955)⇒ Afrolepisma sesotho
Lepisma simulatrix (Wygodzinsky, 1955)⇒ Afrolepisma simulatrix
Lepismodes aegypticus
Lepitrochisma lawrencei Mendes, 1981
Monachina stilifera Silvestri, 1908
Monachina stilifera schultzei Silvestri, 1..., 1988
Monachina stilifera stilifera Silvestri, 1908
Monachina zambesi Wygodzinsky, 1955
Mormisma peyerimhoffi Silvestri, 1938
Mormisma wygodzinskyi Irish, 1986
Namibmormisma muricaudata Irish, 1986
Namibmormisma setosa Irish, 1986
Namunukulina congolense Mendes, 1982
Namunukulina sudanica Mendes, 1993
Nebkhalepisma australis Wygodzinsky, 1959
Neoasterolepisma bicolorella Silvestri, 1949
Neoasterolepisma braunsi Escherich, 1903
Neoasterolepisma caeca Molero-Balta..., 1999
Neoasterolepisma crassipes Escherich, 1905
Neoasterolepisma curtiseta Mendes, 1988
Neoasterolepisma delamarei Mendes, 1988
Neoasterolepisma gauthieri Wygodzinsky, 1941
Neoasterolepisma imitans Mendes, 1980
Neoasterolepisma inexpectata Mendes, Mole..., 1993
Neoasterolepisma insularis Mendes, 1993
Neoasterolepisma macropennis L. F. M. Mendes, 1985
Neoasterolepisma magnicauda Silvestri, 1908
Neoasterolepisma myrmecobia Silvestri, 1908
Neoasterolepisma nigerica Mendes, 1981
Neoasterolepisma paupercula Silvestri, 1907
Neoasterolepisma pelagodromae Mendes, 1988
Neoasterolepisma santschii Silvestri, 1908
Neoasterolepisma scorpius Mendes, 1993
Neoasterolepisma soerenseni (Silvestri, 1908)⇒ Neoasterolepisma crassipes Escherich, 1905
Neoasterolepisma spectabiloides Mendes, 1988
Neoasterolepisma vanharteni Mendes, 1998
Neoasterolepisma vulcana Mendes, Bach..., 1992
Ornatilepisma horni Irish, 1988
Prolepismina pulchella Silvestri, 1901
Protolepisma tainicum L. F. Mendes, 2013
Psammolepisma huabensis Irish, 1988
Psammolepisma nilotica Mendes, 1993
Psammolepisma schultzei Silvestri, 1908
Psammolepisma skedelkusensis Irish, 1988
Sabulepisma multiformis Irish, 1988
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) activa Silvestri, 1922
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) albida Escherich, 1905
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) arenicola Wygodzinsky, 1955
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) boschimana Irish, 1996
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) canariensis Mendes, Mole..., 1993
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) capensis Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) corvina Silvestri, 1908
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) desperata Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) detritus Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) grandipalpis Escherich, 1905
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) huabensis Irish, 1988
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) inornata Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) intercursa Silvestri, 1922
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) kaokoensis Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) karooensis Irish, 1996
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) latera Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) lociplana Irish, 1996
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) luederitzi Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) messor Irish, 1996
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) michaelseni Escherich, 1905
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) namaquensis Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) namibensis Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) occidentalis Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) orangica Irish, 1994
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) ossilitoralis Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) ovsensis Irish, 1994
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) parcespinata Silvestri, 1908
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) penrithae Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) placida Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) plusiochaeta Silvestri, 1922
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) prompta Silvestri, 1922
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) rodriguezi Mendes, R. M..., 1993
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) sanctithomae Mendes, 1993
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) saxeta Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) silvestrii Stach, 1946
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) spinipes Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) subterebrans Irish, 1987
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) suliptera Irish, 1994
Sceletolepisma (Sceletolepisma) ugabensis Irish, 1987
Silvestrella myrmecophila Escherich, 1905
Silvestrella myrmecophyla Escherich, 1905
Silvestrella termitophila Escherich, 1905
Swalepisma mirabilis Irish, 1988
Thermobia aegyptiaca Lucas, 1840
Thermobia domestica Packard, 1873Fire Brat
Thermobia infelix Silvestri, 1907
Thermobia nebulosa Irish, 1988
Thermobia nebulosa racemifera Irish, 1988
Thermobia vallaris Irish, 1988
Tricholepisma zulu Wygodzinsky, 1955
Wygodzinskisma prompta Silvestri, 1922
Xenolepisma globosa Escherich, 1905

Subnodes of Lepismatidae with occurrences in Africa
SubfamilyAcrotelsatinae
Mendes, 1991
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCtenolepismatinae
Mendes, 1991
7
123
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHeterolepismatinae
Mendes, 1991
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLepismatinae
Latreille, 1802
13
63
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMirolepismatinae
Mendes, 1991
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySilvestrellatinae
Mendes, 1991
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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