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Genus Heterolepisma Escherich, 1905

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Genus Heterolepisma Escherich, 1905

  • Heterolepisma Escherich, K. 1905. Das System der Lepismatiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 43: 1-164 [63].
    Type species:
     Lepisma pampeanum Silvestri, 1902 by subsequent designation, see Paclt, J. 1967. Thysanura, Fam. Lepidotrichidae, Maindroniidae, Lepismatidae. Genera Insectorum 218: 1-86 [25]
  • Isolepisma Escherich, K. 1905. Das System der Lepismatiden. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 43: 1-164 [61].
    Type species:
     Isolepisma trisetosa Escherich, 1905 by monotypy.
  • Notolepisma Tillyard, R.J. 1924. Primitive wingless insects. I. The silverfish, bristletails and their allies (Order Thysanura). New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology 7: 232-242 [241].
    Type species:
     Notolepisma zealandica Tillyard, 1924 by original designation (incorrectly spelt as zelandica).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Wygodzinsky, P. 1961. Synonymical notes on the Lepismatidae (Thysanura). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 37: 213-216 [213] (Notolepisma)
  • Stach, J. 1933. Heterolepisma horni n. sp. und die Zusammenstellung der Arten der Gattung Heterolepisma (Thysanura). Prace Muzeum a Zoologiczne 9: 341-349 [345] (Isolepisma)

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Oceania.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

SA, Tas, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Lord Howe Island
    • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
    • Tasmania
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

  • Indonesia

Palaearctic Region

  • Japan

Distribution References

  • Paclt, J. 1967. Thysanura, Fam. Lepidotrichidae, Maindroniidae, Lepismatidae. Genera Insectorum 218: 1-86