Typical Silverfishes
Lepismatidae
Lepismatidae is a family of primitive wingless insects with about 190 described species. This family contains the two most familiar apterygotes, the silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) and the firebrat (Thermobia domestica).
42 branches of this family, most-observed first
Ctenolepisma
genusCtenolepisma
Lepisma
genusLepisma
Thermobia
genusThermobia
Allacrotelsa
genusAllacrotelsa
Neoasterolepisma
genusNeoasterolepisma
Leucolepisma
genusLeucolepisma
Mirolepisma
genusMirolepisma
Stylifera
genusStylifera
Hairy Silverfish
genusTricholepisma
Lepismina
genusLepismina
Acrotelsa
genusAcrotelsa
Xenolepisma
genusXenolepisma
Heterolepisma
genusHeterolepisma
Hemitelsella
genusHemitelsella
Mormisma
genusMormisma
Acrotelsella
genusAcrotelsella
Prolepismina
genusProlepismina
Sceletolepisma
genusSceletolepisma
Braunsina
genusBraunsina
Myrmecophilous Silverfish
genusAfrolepisma
Asterolepisma
genusAsterolepisma
Lepismodes
genusLepismodes
Monachina
genusMonachina
Psammolepisma
genusPsammolepisma
Silvestrella
genusSilvestrella
Anallacrotelsa
genusAnallacrotelsa
Apteryskenoma
genusApteryskenoma
Paracrotelsa
genusParacrotelsa
Hyperlepisma
genusHyperlepisma
Anisolepisma
genusAnisolepisma
Asiolepisma
genusAsiolepisma
Gopsilepisma
genusGopsilepisma
Desertinoma
genusDesertinoma
Ornatilepisma
genusOrnatilepisma
Panlepisma
genusPanlepisma
Lepitrochisma
genusLepitrochisma
Namibmormisma
genusNamibmormisma
Sabulepisma
genusSabulepisma
Swalepisma
genusSwalepisma
Namunukulina
genusNamunukulina
Visma
genusVisma
Hemilepisma
genusHemilepisma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48300.