Family
Lepismatidae (Typical silverfishes)
Ctenolepisma longicaudatum. Photo: Bj.schoenmakers, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
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).
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Order: Zygentoma (Silverfishes)
- Family: Lepismatidae (Typical silverfishes)
- Order: Zygentoma (Silverfishes)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
