Lepisma

See also: lepisma

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέπισμα (lépisma, “peel”).

Proper noun

Lepisma n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lepismatidae – certain primitive insects including the silverfish.

Usage notes

• The gender was sometimes treated as feminine, but is now officially declared to be neuter under the ICZN.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Dicondylia - subclass; Zygentoma - order; Lepismatidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lepisma baeticum, Lepisma chlorosoma, Lepisma saccharinum (silverfish) - selected species

Derived terms

• Afrolepisma
• Anisolepisma
• Asiolepisma
• Ctenolepisma
• Gopsilepisma
• Hemilepisma
• Heterolepisma
• Hyperlepisma
• Lepismina
• Lepitrochisma
• Leucolepisma
• Mirolepisma
• Nebkhalepisma
• Neoasterolepisma
• Ornatilepisma
• Panlepisma
• Prolepismina
• Psammolepisma
• Sabulepisma
• Sceletolepisma
• Swalepisma
• Tricholepisma
• Xenolepisma
• †Burmalepisma
• †Cretalepisma
• †Onycholepisma
• †Protolepisma

References

• Lepisma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lepisma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lepisma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lepisma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Lepisma at the Catalogue of Life 
• Lepisma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Lepisma available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera