Lepisma
See also: lepisma
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Lepisma n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lepismatidae – certain primitive insects including the silverfish.
Usage notes
- The gender was sometimes treated as feminine, but is now officially declared to be neuter under the ICZN.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Dicondylia - subclass; Zygentoma - order; Lepismatidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lepisma baeticum, Lepisma chlorosoma, Lepisma saccharinum (silverfish) - selected species
Derived terms
- Afrolepisma
- Anisolepisma
- Asiolepisma
- Ctenolepisma
- Gopsilepisma
- Hemilepisma
- Heterolepisma
- Hyperlepisma
- Lepismina
- Lepitrochisma
- Leucolepisma
- Mirolepisma
- Nebkhalepisma
- Neoasterolepisma
- Ornatilepisma
- Panlepisma
- Prolepismina
- Psammolepisma
- Sabulepisma
- Sceletolepisma
- Swalepisma
- Tricholepisma
- Xenolepisma
- †Burmalepisma
- †Cretalepisma
- †Onycholepisma
- †Protolepisma
References
Lepisma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Lepisma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Lepisma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Lepisma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Lepisma at the Catalogue of Life
- Lepisma at Encyclopedia of Life
- Lepisma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Lepisma available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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