Tricholepisma is a genus of primitive insects belonging to the family Lepismatidae.

Tricholepisma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Zygentoma
Family: Lepismatidae
Genus: Tricholepisma
Paclt, 1967
Species

Tricholepisma aureum
Tricholepisma gravelyi
Tricholepisma gyriniforme
Tricholepisma indalicum
Tricholepisma zulu

Nomenclature

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Most authors have historically treated the nomenclatural gender of Tricholepisma as feminine, but in 2018 the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature issued a formal ruling (ICZN Opinion 2427) stating the gender of Lepisma (and all genera with that ending) is neuter, following ICZN Article 30, which resulted in changes to the spelling of several species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ ICZN (2018) Opinion 2427 (Case 3704) – Lepisma Linnaeus, 1758 (Insecta, Zygentoma, Lepismatidae): Direction 71 (1957) reversed. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 75(1):290-294