Silverfish (Zygentoma)

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GBS wrote:

23 Jun 2025

Almost certainly correct. Please note that the genus name is likely to change some time this year due to some DNA work on South American silverfish

Heterolepisma sp. (genus)

GBS wrote:

17 Apr 2025

It appears to be a species of Heterolepisma, probably H. highlandi which I have collected several times around, but not within the ACT. Please note that the genus name is likely to change within the next few months due to molecular studies of some South American Heterolepisma species.

Heterolepisma sp. (genus)

GBS wrote:

4 Oct 2024

Atelurinae (subfamily)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

7 Aug 2024

Thanks Grahame -

Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

GBS wrote:

7 Aug 2024

It appears to be Ctenolepisma longicaudatum, however the identity of this species is currently unde investigation. There appears to be two very similar species in Australia. The one with 5 papillae on each labial palp is the true Ct. longicaudatum and the other with about 10 papillae appears to be genetically distinct and under investigation.

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