| Ctenolepisma | |
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| Ctenolepisma longicaudatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Zygentoma |
| Family: | Lepismatidae |
| Genus: | Ctenolepisma Escherich, 1905 |
| Species | |
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about 75; see text | |
Ctenolepisma is a genus of primitive insects in the order Zygentoma, 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. Australia lacks native Ctenolepisma, but is home to introduced species.[1]
- ^ Baltanás, R. M.; et al. (2012). "New data for a revision of the genus Ctenolepisma (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae): redescription of Ctenolepisma lineata and new status for Ctenolepisma nicoletii" (PDF). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 48 (1–2): 66–80. doi:10.1080/00379271.2012.10697753. S2CID 87867042. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-10.