Sceletolepisma
Sceletolepisma is a genus of primitive insects in the order Zygentoma that is closely related to the silverfish and firebrat but less reliant on human habitation, some species being found both indoors and outdoors and some found exclusively outdoors. The genus is distributed nearly worldwide in warm regions.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sceletolepisma capensis
speciesSceletolepisma capensis
Sceletolepisma grandipalpis
speciesSceletolepisma grandipalpis
Sceletolepisma karooensis
speciesSceletolepisma karooensis
Sceletolepisma latera
speciesSceletolepisma latera
Sceletolepisma lociplana
speciesSceletolepisma lociplana
Sceletolepisma messor
speciesSceletolepisma messor
Sceletolepisma plusiochaeta
speciesSceletolepisma plusiochaeta
Sceletolepisma prompta
speciesSceletolepisma prompta
Sceletolepisma suliptera
speciesSceletolepisma suliptera
Sceletolepisma albidum
speciesSceletolepisma albidum
Sceletolepisma boschimanum
speciesSceletolepisma boschimanum
Sceletolepisma corvinum
speciesSceletolepisma corvinum
Sceletolepisma intercursum
speciesSceletolepisma intercursum
Sceletolepisma orangicum
speciesSceletolepisma orangicum
Sceletolepisma parcespinatum
speciesSceletolepisma parcespinatum
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 645892.