Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Zygentoma - (Family) Lepismatidae

Original position

Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Lepismatidae (Family) Latreille, 1802

Original entries

Lepisma saccharina Linnaeus, 1758
Lepisma terrestris Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Lepismatidae (Family) Latreille, 1802

Ref: 1998: 8 Jan 2009.

Alternative positions

Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1012.
Thysanura (Order) Latreille, 1796	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990

Historical positions

Lepismatidae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: 1998
Zygentoma (Suborder)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 587, fig. 25-17D. [rough position]
Lepismatidae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 359[539], 1012.
Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 344, 608. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2s]