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Lepisma saccharina  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 99222

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): silverfish [English]
  
    lépisme argenté [French]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                               GenusLepisma Linnaeus, 1758  
                                  SpeciesLepisma saccharina Linnaeus, 1758 – silverfish, lépisme argenté  
       

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  Source: Borror, D. J., et al, 1976, database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: silverfish[English]   
       
  Source: Common names of Insects in Canada, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: Entomological Society of Canada / société d'entomologie du Canada   
  Reference for: silverfish[English], lépisme argenté [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Lepisma saccharina   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mendes, Luís F.  
  Publication Date: 1981   
  Article/Chapter Title: Notes et description de Thysanoures du Nouveau Monde (Apterygota: Microcoryphia et Zygentoma)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Nouvelle Revue de Entomologie, vol. 11, no. 3   
  Page(s): 221-231   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0374-9797   
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  Reference for: Lepisma saccharina   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wygodzinsky, Pedro  
  Publication Date: 1972   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Review of the Silverfish (Lepismatidae, Thysanura) of the United States and the Caribbean Area   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Museum Novitates, No. 2481   
  Page(s): 1-26   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0003-0082   
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  Reference for: Lepisma saccharina   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Introduced  
    Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

    

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