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Lepismatidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 99220

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): silverfish [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassDicondylia Hennig, 1953  
                         OrderZygentoma Börner, 1904 – silverfish  
                            FamilyLepismatidae  – silverfish  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAcrotelsa Escherich, 1905  
                               GenusAllacrotelsa Silvestri, 1935  
                               GenusAnallacrotelsa Mendes, 1996  
                               GenusCtenolepisma Escherich, 1905  
                               GenusLepisma Linnaeus, 1758  
                               GenusLeucolepisma Wall, 1954  
                               GenusMirolepisma Silvestri, 1938  
                               GenusProlepismina Silvestri, 1940  
                               GenusStylifera Stach, 1932  
                               GenusThermobia Bergroth, 1890  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Lepismatidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mendes, Luís F.   
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title: Novos dados sobre os tisanuros (Microcoryphia e Zygentoma) da América do Norte   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Garcia de Orta, Série Zoologia, vol. 16, nos. 1-2   
  Page(s): 171-193   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0870-0001   
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  Reference for: Lepismatidae   
       

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