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Issue: Vol. 5570 No. 2: 17 Jan. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-01-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5570.2.4
Page range: 309-324
Abstract views: 139
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Description of two synanthropic silverfish (Insecta: Zygentoma), Ctenolepisma longicaudatum (Escherich, 1905) and Ctenolepisma rothschildi (Silvestri, 1907), from Kerala, India

Department of Zoology; St. Thomas College (Autonomous); Thrissur affiliated to the University of Calicut; Kerala; India
Department of Zoology; St. Thomas College (Autonomous); Thrissur-680001 affiliated to the University of Calicut; Kerala; India
Zygentoma Ctenolepismatidae Lepismatidae range extension COI

Abstract

Two silverfish species, Ctenolepisma longicaudatum Escherich, 1905 and Ctenolepisma rothschildi Silvestri, 1907 (Insecta: Zygentoma: Lepismatidae), are reported for the first time from Kerala, India, with the report of C. rothschildi being the first for India. The report presents morphological, meristic and molecular details of the specimens and compares them with reports of the species from other parts of the world. The paper also discusses the presence of distinct populations in C. longicaudatum and advises further studies.

 

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