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1Australian Museum; 1 William Street; Sydney; New South Wales 2010; Australia. Graeme.Smith@Australian.Museum.
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The taxonomic literature of the Zygentoma is reviewed to create a catalogue of the names of more than 689 currently described species of silverfish. Explanatory notes are provided against each species name, along with information on type material, habitat and distribution where known. More than 100 names are corrected in accordance with a 2018 ruling by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature regarding the gender of the name Lepisma Linnaeus and names derived from Lepisma such as Ctenolepisma Escherich. Six new combinations are created based on the original authors' descriptions and comments and subsequently published work.
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